Yeah looks like that’s not going to happen lol. At least in this current wave of users. Feel like that’s the second time in recent weeks that my wish for more of certain things on Lemmy has been granted by a monkey’s paw because those things are here but I’m locked out anyway lol.

I have been thinking of shopping around instances again but either way, I’m not interested in associating with MAGAs on a seemingly well known MAGA instance that appropriate subcultures that are all about freedom, individuality and non-conformity while simultaneously condemning anyone that doesn’t conform and supporting politicians that make those people’s non-conformity illegal.

I’m not willing to ‘meet in the middle’ with these people, in fact I’m not even sure what the ‘middle’ of respecting human rights and individual freedom or not respecting human rights and individual freedom is even supposed to look like. Maybe it looks like being ‘punk’ or ‘goth’ or ‘metal’ but choosing to hold hands with the nazis instead of punching them.

And I don’t want to start anything but the fact that the big reveal that this instance is Exploding Heads 2.0 didn’t result in immediate plans for the community to be moved is kinda eyebrow raising to me. And making me wonder about a couple of things here and do a bit of reassessing of the situation…

That all said, I’m not the moderator type. But as someone that doesn’t really ever fit in anywhere and so prefers the banner of ‘alternative’ to choosing some specific subculture or way, I would gladly interact and help however I could if I community like that popped up somewhere that people can go and feel safe that they’re not going to be harassed by bigots. But I’ll wait to see if that happens with the next wave of new users in this place.