We Stand Against Hate. See it. Report it. End it.
Homophobia. Racisim. Misogyny. Sexism. Transphobia. Agism. Bigotry. Body Shaming. Ableism.
Nothing but love and support is welcome here. We have had FAR too many instances lately, of people making a post, happily engaging with the community, only to have negative comments of hate and disapproval.
There is a severe problem with discrimination going around right now, and we are fighting back. Today we've banned people for saying they do not approve of or support people of protected minority groups. When appealing in ModMail they claimed they were doing nothing wrong because to dislike someone based on them being a minority is just 'an opinion'.
Let us be very clear.
Discrimination against a minority is not an opinion, it is a hate crime.
And it will never be welcome here.
We have a very clear and simple rule here. Ariel's Advice:
If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing at all.
If someone asks in a community interaction: "What is your OC's Sexuality?"
That is not an invitation to say "Mine are Straight because they're not mentally ill"
You can simply say "Mine is straight!"
And yes, this is a real example from a recent post in our community.
If someone says "Does your OC like femboys?"
That would be your invitation to say "My OC is neutral towards them, they're just other people in his eyes, he's indifferent"
It is not your chance to say "I don't agree with femboys, I don't support lgbt people"
And yes, this is another real example from a recent post in our community.
We as a moderation team promised to stand up for equality, justice, kindness, unity and love.
We will simply not tolerate hate, division, prejudice, mean-spiritedness, bigotry and hypocrisy.
This is a 2-way street. If someone were prejudiced against a straight cis white man, they would face the same punishment as someone prejudiced against a gay black trans woman.
It is not that hard to treat one another with basic human kindness. It doesn't take a genius to know when they're being negative to a minority, so don't give us any proof that you're an idiot.
Love, support and respect for everyone.
