From 46a331dae8db622a491466ca9a0df3a5937ca80f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: t Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:19:23 -0600 Subject: back-port gemini capsule gemlog --- weblog/censorship.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 weblog/censorship.md (limited to 'weblog/censorship.md') diff --git a/weblog/censorship.md b/weblog/censorship.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7553f62 --- /dev/null +++ b/weblog/censorship.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +post_date: 2024-01-03 +--- + +# "censorship" + +A domain was blocked from Antenna after a political post was made. That sounds bad. + +- [The post in question](gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/your-word/20240101-0.gmi) +- [Follow-up upon learning of the ban](gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/your-word/20240102-0.gmi) +- [Another follow-up saying the same thing](gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240103-0.gmi) + +I was a little shocked when I first encountered this yesterday, starting with the second link. + +Then I read the original post and my shock transferred entirely elsewhere. + +> Hamas and the Palestinians are essentially the same thing. The Palestinians are trained from infancy to hate Jews and to believe that dying in the act of murdering Jews is the height of glory and achievement. + +Besides being a lie, this is an utterly despicable, de-humanizing, and genocide-cheering statement. There are few who would dispute the validity of Israel's stated goal of eradicating Hamas. Equating Hamas with all Palestinians is therefore an explicit call to wipe out an ethnic people group. + +Look, I think the bar should be _really_ high before we go banning someone from public discourse channels. My dude cleared it and then some. + +> Note: This was ported from my old gemini capsule, still served on gemini at `gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp` -- cgit v1.3