Post from jayclees | Squabblr - Social Discussions
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The terms of service have been updated. With the exception of racist content, the use of slurs (racial or otherwise), targeted harassment, and incitement of violence, Squabblr is now a free speech platform.

So I mean, most of us knew this beforehand and being on the fediverse we probably do not really care, but what was always on the horizon has no happened, the owner of Squabblr finally had enough having to be a decent person and has decided that his site is now “free speech purism”, so he gets to continue to insult LGBTQ people like he always does.

Seems from the comments that some other admins disagreed with the decision (so there were some decent people on that site!) and either left or were removed.

Not entirely surprising the whole thing, granted.

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Also, apologies as this isn’t truly reddit news but Squabblr was one of the sites frequently brought up in /r/redditalternatives so I figured this might still be relevant?

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
      133·
      1 year ago

      “Free Speech” is a dog whistle for far-right hate speech, when they spew hatred against minorities they try and call it free speech to make it sound acceptable.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        22·
        1 year ago

        And those same individuals will ban you or harass you if you call out their shitty behavior and vitriol. The far-right has no interest in real free speech, and want to censor any opposing worldview.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          Absolutely, they’re not free speech at all. They’re huge hypocrites who just want to censor according to their view. They’re just using free speech as an excuse, if they had it their way they’d criminalize any form of dissent against them.