While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

(Edited for grammar)

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netM
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    The rule announcement, that I linked to in a previous comment, was made by an admin of the site, not just a moderator

    I’ll say it more clearly. Porkrollposadist is not a site admin. This so-called site rule was not made by an agreement with agreement by multiple admins. The admin involved was repudiated for their decision behind closed doors. Awoo was both unbanned and restored to her previous positions. The only point I will agree to is that there was no public repudiation of the rule and that is purely because it is literally more trouble than it is worth to reopen struggle sessions.