Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

@nibble4bits Except that symbol long predates them. They just co-opted it. Mocking the symbol does nothing but devalue it further.

There is merit in the ideas that flag originally represented, even before considering how it's a part of our shared heritage.

But more importantly, mocking it plays right into their strategy, allowing them to control the narrative while giving them ammo for how "un-American" their opponents are.

@trinsec No, that's totally valid criticism. On the other hand, though, it means the episodes that do go dark are that much more effective.

@trinsec The audio is rough and the 70s hairstyles are rougher, but the rest is holding up pretty good so far.

@annmlipton The beauty of the Fediverse is that each server can have custom features.

In QOTO for example, we have QTs, should we decide to use them.

@Biggles @Pat @Adrasteianix @freemo And the third category: those who tacitly participate in, and uphold, ongoing systemic harm because of ignorance and/or indifference.

@Pat @Biggles @freemo @Adrasteianix So your rhetorical poll that you weren't expecting responses to (despite having immediately voted yes on it yourself) didn't go the way you expected.

That's because of a simple miscalculation: I don't expect everyone to be angels all the time. I just expect at least half of people to not be complete shitheads when it counts.

I can't honestly say that those meager expectations have always been met in the past, but I think on a long enough timescale, this mechanism moves us slowly-but-surely in the right direction.

@annmlipton What are the ramifications of this?

@skrishna You might also consider QOTO .org, given your background.

Lots of really nice STEM folks here, and good, engaged moderators.

@garyackerman That sounds nice in theory, but my experience with reality is that they only care about one criteria: cost. Doesn't matter how insecure and unusable it is.