Notices by Laurelai Bailey (laurelai@mastodon.starrevolution.org), page 51

On July 4th Gab is coming on to the Fediverse by switching over to Mastodon on their servers.

This means that you can shut the door on them today by preemptively have them fully suspended from your instances. So your users do not have risk getting harassed by any of their users, and they from the start be blocked off from major portions of the Fediverse.

Thank you for your consideration and :boost_ok:

It shouldn't be hard to say you'll take a stand against people that only want to cause pain and suffering.

If it is, you're with them. That's all there is to it.

I don't give a shit how popular some instance believe themselves to be. PV will not allow that non-sense. PV will not associate with instances that do not prioritize the safety of its people over the juvenile and often subjective moralities of an admin. That's just replicating the experience of places we are supposed to be against.

And if you're unsafe on an instance where the admin/mod team are a bunch of cowards, PV will be here.

You'll always know where we stand when it comes to bigots.

No, there is no 'slippery slope' when it comes to people who believe genocide and mass murder are an acceptable social solution.

There is no ethical or moral grounds for refusing to deal authentically with a population that has shown its sole purpose is to cause harm to people they don't lie.

You're not some lexicon of civility. You're just a coward.

And you'll be treated as such.

I will silence or defederate every instance that does not have the courage to stand up to people that only want to cause harm.

Making a choice not to protect people or give people the means to protect themselves is making the choice it let bigotry and hate thrive.

There is no middle ground. Either you stand up or you’re helping them spread their madness.

Let me be clear.

Saying devs shouldn’t make any ethical decisions concerning software is a cowardly decision, which enables hate, abuse and harassment to continue.

You’re not a centrist or being logical.

You’re giving space for hate to flourish.

"free software" culture is really something isn't it

going to the mat for the sacred inalienable rights of a _fascist propaganda outlet_, cos that's all that "Gab" is. you can try to abstract it away all you like, but Gab is poison