I’m simply asking this question because of Lemmygrad.ml existing, and that there isn’t a far-right equivalent of it yet. If Lemmygrad has any standing for its right to exist under free speech, where is the line drawn for other extremist political ideologies? If Holodomor skepticism is allowed, then what stops Holocaust skepticism? (as it is generally accepted the Holodomor was man-made). I’m simply wondering what gives far-left politics a right to promote such extremist views in the Fediverse, when their far-right counterparts would be Defederated in minutes.

  •  Gil (he/they)   ( @kalanggam@beehaw.org ) 
    6•1 year ago

    Not here to say you’re wrong for asking and I’ve said so in the other comments but —

    I personally don’t feel either should be allowed on Lemmy, and that any instances pertaining to extremist ideology should be defederated.

    There’s no central authority on Lemmy, so nobody really dictates (or can) what’s “allowed” or not, what should be defederated or not. Even if anyone of us feels very strongly they shouldn’t be. The answer to this is finding/starting an instance which has moderation/federation policies to address your needs and standards.

    For us, Beehaw defederates from instances promoting any kind of unkind/bad faith behavior or bigotry whether that be genocide denial, racism, etc., which is why explodingheads and lemmygrad are both defederated.

    Sorry if this is like the nth time you’ve heard these words lol.