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Cake day: September 29th, 2023

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  • Yes, I’m saying it would be totally okay to hold a space for Lemmy that was explicitly for men, as long as it (like the community you’re referring to) explicitly banned hate speech. Because it’s okay to hold spaces for certain groups sometimes, especially when it’s in order to hold safe positive spaces to connect.

    If we had more positive men-only spaces, men would overall be happier and healthier, which would be a win for everyone. Unfortunately, since a lot of spaces online often don’t ban negative or extreme takes, they often just lead to worsening mental health for their members. This isn’t exclusive to men, I’ve seen women’s spaces do the same, which is why I mention they need to be well moderated and ban hate speech, again, like the community you mention here does.











  • I haven’t read the book either but from the description and from my own knowledge of the systemic racism within Canada, the racist history of the RCMP and police forces in canada, and the known practice of “starlight tours”, I would 100% understand why someone would surmise that the book is racist garbage.

    I almost want to read it to find out how the author could possibly justify any of the police actions, but I’d really rather not, so I’m just going to make my own assumptions about why the judge ruled the way they did (and I have one very obvious guess).