I've come across a new form of 'shadow-banning' that seems to be gaining traction on the left; as most of my readers are well-aware, the Regressive Left are absolutely terrified of free speech, and seek to undermine it in any way they can. They rarely engage in any form of material debate; when they do respond, however, it is usually to fling a few buzzwords at you and call you various nasty things, impugning your character, etc.

Now, this new form of 'shadow banning' consists of not blocking the person directly, but simply deleting every one of their posts. This grants them the capacity (at least on their own pages) to continue to delete your posts, while preventing you from even knowing what they are doing - moreover, it prevents that last clause of 1.6, "Also do not contact users whom you have blocked", from applying.

See, this is the problem with the 'Regressive Left' nowadays - the Social Justice Warriors, the Antifa and BLM protestors, etc; they do not question their own beliefs, not one bit, and refuse to answer when questioned. For example, a user who was engaging in this sort of 'shadow-banning' (I managed to catch this one) insisted that we move it to notes; so I did that, asking,



"Why do you have a grievance with me? I posted nothing offensive to your posts, and I think they're damn adorable. So, why do you keep deleting my posts?"



The user replied thusly;

Hello,

The ideolegy that support to a delusional degree directly threatens my own existence, that of my friends, that of my career, and that of my passion. You are owed no right to my work, and I must ensure that you constantly understand that your ideolegy is not supported here. You insulted some of my friends in your comically delusional November journal, and the only reason I have not blocked you is that you have nor been antagonistic directly towards me. The response you provide will be taken into consideration.

As an aside, you seem to think removing a deliberate and antagonistic politocal icon from a fetish image is immature, not the initial antagonistic inciting incident on your part.

Thank you for your time,
(User)






Now, I thought this was silly, so I intended to break it down step-by-step and see if we could come to an understanding. Of note, I would have proceeded to inform the user that I identify deeply with 'Pepe' and 'Kek', especially the free-speech and humor associated with it, and value it strongly; it would be no different from, say, using the trans-symbol for your icon if you were trans, or Hillary's symbol if you voted for Hillary. But, leaving that aside, I wanted to address the person's fears directly, rather than try to climb up on my high-horse and accuse the user of bigotry against a strongly held identity.

Exactly how do I support an ideology that directly threatens your existence, your friends' existence, your career, your passion, etc? What ideology, exactly, do you think I support?




Unfortunately, that's where it ended. I received no response for several hours, and so I sent another note to ask them if they had received my previous note; that likewise received no other note, and indeed the user had made more art since then, so I replied again via a comment; this was simply deleted.

So, this is where we're at; they wish to abuse the deletion ability to ensure they have complete control over their own safe space, without ever being found out and without the restrictions that come with blocking. So, I encourage you all, do as Bearing is doing; kill 'em with kindness. Tell them just how nice their art is; respond with positive comments that would be reasonably liked. I know not all of you are Christian, but the Bible has wise words on this matter;

(Romans 12:17-20)
17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] says the Lord. 20 On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”



So, again, I urge you not to block a single person, no matter how odious, or hypocritical, or bigoted. Let them speak; if they delete everything you say, pour out kindness and uplifting words. If they continue to delete your posts, they'll only be deleting kind words to themselves.







...Oh dammit, I'm becoming a hippy. Well fuck.