Chat

7498 readers

2 users here now

Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

AskBeehaw

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

remington

alyaza

how would you describe yourself politically, Beehaw, and why? (self.chat)

submitted 1 year ago by alyaza to c/chat

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

we previously had this thread but it was lost in a sitewide crash. kind of fortuitous, given all the new people!

anyways, i'm interested in how you describe yourself politically but also why you do so, and/or how you came to the beliefs that you did. be as brief or lengthy as you want in answering that.

additionally, as a preface: i would like this to be a generally non-judgemental thread and i think this community is more than capable of that, so please respect that idea.[^1] in general, you are not obliged to justify to myself or anyone else why you believe what you do.

[^1]: exceptions, obviously, go for bigotry or intolerant beliefs that would be otherwise incompatible with the community's ethos. bluntly if you're a transphobe or something like that this is not the community for you.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] goat 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Environmentalist but also against latching onto identities and echo chambers. You're not special for being a part of an identity or immune to criticism. I think using left-right is fucking stupid in my country, Australia. I will roast you for using it.

i also don't consider american's opinions very highly. It's a third-world nation with a culture of pretenders.

[–] Gaywallet 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey there 👋

While this comment isn't directly hostile towards anyone, I'd like to remind you of our one and only rule, to be nice. Our side bar has two links talking about what our community is all about if you're looking for more context or an explanation of our community.

[–] goat 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and how is anyone meant to trust mods to follow this rule themselves? from experience on any other website or forum or whatev, it's usually mods who don't follow the rules.

[–] Gaywallet 12 points 1 year ago

I absolutely would want someone to point out to me if I'm not being nice in any way. While me asking for feedback isn't the same as someone else having the ability to take moderator actions against me, I don't know of really any system (other than simple trust) to hold me accountable to these principles. If you or anyone else have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

I think the best I can do right now is attempt to be as transparent as possible and continue to interact so you can all get to know me and maybe, in time, I can earn some trust 😊💜