When the typo is a matter of capitalization, and the skepticism over whether or not that’s a reasonable expectation gets construed into being full-blown transphobia, I can’t help but feel like things have gotten a bit out of hand.

Just reading through the threads (you can find them on the Blahaj Lemmy Meta sub) has been quite disheartening and I feel like a lot of language of inclusion is being weaponized and limit tested in a very harmful way.

I had my issues with LOC and LibertyHub but we also came to a mutual understanding in DMs and, while we still disagreed, I found myself in a position where I actually understood the point of the sub (regardless of whether or not I thought it was a good addition to the instance) and was able to make my peace with it.

I really wish him stepping down were under less egregious circumstances but honestly, were I in a similar situation I’d probably find myself doing the same thing. Even having been a complete fly on the wall third party, I feel like the debacle has been a cognitohazard. I’m racking my head on a few concepts I thought I had worked out pretty well. I’m not sure if it’s some level of reactionary gut sentiment welling up from within or just over how much the whole situation feels like a form of Crybullying. Maybe it’s both.