@nolasco@nukie@colonelj@NEETzsche@errante@mint@bot@Tij to be clear, i do not think clearing the minimum bar of "has not offended" by itself entitles one to whatever they want - just to the basic things you would expect generally from others - i.e, to not be randomly murdered or harassed
@nolasco@NEETzsche@Tij@bot@colonelj@errante@mint@nukie but of course, this is a moot point. you would "work to keep children from being in the same room as me" is a nonsensical statement, it's pure theatrics. how did we get to a scenario where i am going to be in a room with children and you get to decide whether i can be there or not. where are we?
@mint@nukie@colonelj@NEETzsche@errante@bot@Tij im not surprised people label my instance that - wrong as that is, seeing that i do filter who enters here - i am discussing why it should matter, on its own, that there are pedophiles here
the whole point is that it's not about actual harm, it's about disgust
@Tij@nukie@colonelj@NEETzsche@errante@bot yeah sure, there are pedos here. i trust those people, as i trust the non-pedophiles, to not harm anyone, based on my personal knowledge of them
my problem with this line of reasoning is that there's really not that big a difference to explicitly prohibiting too, you're positing the existence of a bad actor that doesn't care about the instance regardless
if i put up a sign that says "no grooming", is no grooming happening? personally it just feels to me like people only want the secret pedophiles to join their instance
@prouddegenerate the CIA is basically a gigantic personal interest research group where people who want to do fucked up shit go because they've managed to convince people in power it's necessary for a long time
@prouddegenerate@bot@meso am's payment is a one time. pretty sure she doesn't allow racism. asking people to pay once to use your service is fine lol - servers have costs
@prouddegenerate@bot@meso it keeps people invested in the space. it means they might care a bit more about shitting it up. it makes spamming it prohibitive. etc etc etc