You all have spoken, and we have listened. The team and I, as well as Lemmy.world Admins, have come to an agreement that any artist/comic that is deemed to be transphobic, racist, or in any other way demonstrates bigotry toward any group or minority will be removed from circulation. We will keep a list of banned artists in the sidebar and update it as new artists are uncovered.
Now, let’s discuss details:
- You the reporter have the burden of proof for why an artist or comic breaks this rule; ¸ “they’re fascist/racist/sexist/it’s Tuesday” is not sufficient
- Repeated posting of banned artists will result in progressive punishment/moderated actions, up to being permanently banned
- Think Paradox of Tolerance when determining what bigotry means; e.g.,
- Demeaning conservatives or other politicians (e.g., Devil’s Panties) is not rule breaking
- Demeaning women, the LGBTQ+ community, etc is rule breaking
- Anything we consider to be a bad faith post, or trying to skirt the rules because of some perceived loophole
The current list of banned artists include:
- Jago
- Stonetoss
This is not an all-encompassing list, and are subject to moderator’s (and admin’s) final decisions. Questions, feedback, and playful banter are always welcome.
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This design of this forum (subcontracted despotism or whatever) makes censorship very easy. And modern society is so often a race to who can get offended first. So to avoid shenanigans, any banned artist should have an associated document (a pinned post? Wiki entry?) explaining why that artist is banned, with substantiating evidence, for future reference.
We do our best to include the community in major decisions such as this. But keep in mind that some decisions will be made via the mod team, and if/when necessary the .world admin team.
While we hope to make the right decisions* that the majority of the community will agree with, we accept that not everyone will be happy with what we do or say.
Re our subcontracted despotism: anyone who does not like how this community is run is free to (respectfully) voice their concerns (such as you did just now), and if that does not satisfy their concerns, they are welcome to create their own subcontracted-despotic community and run it how they see fit (obviously within the confines of whichever ToS applies to the instance is they create it on).
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But what of my idea for providing a modicum of justicely due process and transparency? The document justifying the ban. That was my point.
You do realize you’re commenting in what essentially is a document that we created to explain why we banned the currently banned artists?
Yeah I get that. It needs to provide the evidence too but ya.
My point was that such (explanation + evidence) would be provided for every instance of banning. That was not made explicit in your post and that’s why I brought it up.
Whęre can one go to post artistic/comedic content that is transphobic, racist, sexist, facist, or otherwise displays bigotry towards groups, and minorities?
Truth Social
curious, will this apply to dead artists too?
It depends. Like most things these days, nothing is simply black and white. Provide proof and we will deal with it on a case by case basis.
It’s an interesting problem because the Addams Family sitcom from the 60s has a few racist jokes, but… it’s from the 60s. And it was pretty woke for the time, compared to most contemporary media. And I don’t think the racist jokes were mean-spirited the way Stonetoss’ racism is. I know this is comic strips and the sitcom is TV, but it’s an interesting thought exercise.
Then there’s Dilbert, which, wow, a lot to think about there. The comic engages in racist stereotypes about African nations, but doesn’t use them to put down Africans, but the creator was MAGA, but the comic was anti-misogyny and he’s dead… Dilbert is a fascinating case because I’ve no idea what My opinion is now that Scott Adams is dead.
Lovecraft, I know I’m okay with because he died so long ago, everything he made is in the public domain and can therefore be reinterpreted however we please, even though the man himself was far, far more racist than Scot Adams. So it’s wild. But I guess what I think I’ve talked Myself into believing is, how recently the creator died matters.
I’m sure that if we picked through your mind we would find something to be deeply offended by too. But we lack ESP. So it’s the artists that get exposed to judgment while the rest of us basically hide it.
