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Anybody else here dislike how beehaw is becoming a bit of a hub for the israel-palestine talk? (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by bermuda@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I don't wanna dive super deep into this, but ever since the news broke it feels like this place has become a hub for shit-flinging from literally everybody about the topic. Sure, I've seen some nuanced opinions and some people attempting to have a normal human conversation, but I just dislike people using this particular instance as the "place to be" to continue this endless flame war. Isn't this counter to the goals of the instance? How many of us come here to argue like children about geopolitics?

Plus, a lot of the people I've seen pointlessly arguing about this have accounts from other instances... I've even seen one person post on their beehaw account, get flak for it, then switch to kbin for no reason.

And at the risk of sounding too conspiratorial, something definitely seems off about a lot of these comments. Maybe it's how a lot just seem to be infodumping. I dunno.

It's only been a few days. Maybe it'll simmer down. But I don't like the direction this is going.

Edit: I'm not recommending we censor political discussion, however in this particular instance I would say it's wise to take a step back and think about what we say to each other

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[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I want people to be nice, which is the foundational rule of the instance.

I simply don't think that this particular topic is helping people do that

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ahh ok, well I guess ostriches are nice to each other.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

I'm not stupid. You're referencing ostriches "burying their head in the sand," typically used to mean somebody is willfully ignoring things. If you seriously think that's what I'm trying to get across after all I've written about it, then I just cannot help you understand.

[–] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

So do you want to ban the topic then? What do you suggest?