I posted this meme to the Lemmy Shitpost community. I reckoned that it might generate a bit of debate, and would probably end up locked, but the entire post got deleted, and moreover, I’m now forbidden from sharing political posts to the community. Political posts are not against the rules of the community.
I have reason to believe that the post was deleted not because it was controversial, but because the moderator (Decoy321) disagreed with the political slant of the meme. The reason I find this suspicious is because other controversial posts, such as one about veganism remains up, and Decoy321 seemed to enjoy the fact it was controversial:
The person who comes along with their disruptive opinions should be moderated, not people who simply exist. Being a woman or having chosen pronouns isn’t dramatic.
If someone is uncomfortable with a topic they can simply disengage and start their own thread on their chosen subject.
It’s either accept that no one agrees on what’s considered political, or have firm rules about subjects that can and can’t be discussed.
Hmmh. I think I largely agree… There’s definitely a red line. Things like disrespecting people is unacceptable. That’s what misgendering and questioning pronouns is largely about. And people trying to walk the line and other kinds of behaviour are highly problematic. And done to hurt people. On the other hand I sometimes wish there was a way to communicate. With a bit less strict (hierarchical) rule based systems to enforce some kind of fairness (to the letter), and instead a bit more good faith conversation. I think in that kind of context mistakes, or dissent, or even wrong or offensive stuff would be way more approachable.
(Edited, removed some paragraphs.)