@sim@shitposter.club Drag Queens are historically an important part of LGBT protests in the previous century. I think that's why they are still included in the LGBT community.

@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @sim@shitposter.club Personally I have nothing against Drag Queen Story Hour. I don't see what about it can be considered unsuitable for children.

If you look at the concept relatively I think other characters in children's performances with such as circus clowns, mimes or even santa claus are infinitely more creepy than a drag queen, right?

I do agree that with the types of attention this is getting it is a good idea to consider stopping this concept, simply for the safety of the people involved.

@aven @lanodan @SuperDicq @sim ITT Pleroma maintainer defends Drag Queen Story Hour, who’s surprised?

@PhenomX6 @alex @SuperDicq @lanodan @aven @sim Why do Pleroma users think all Mastodon instances are hugboxes when their software is still developed by the same types you find on Mastodon?

@PhenomX6 @xianc78 @alex @SuperDicq @lanodan @aven @sim

This is how the author describes itself.

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. She is a former Daily Dot staff writer. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Essentially, the author is a journo who makes tranny porn games…

Though I do feel that Gargron is a faggy leftist, and has done some undeniably shitty things, I think that he should consider that the community with which he surrounds himself hates him and will always hate him. They are narcissists who want credit for simply suggesting features. There is nothing that Gargron can do to satisfy them; these people hate him for being a white man.

Instead of hanging around faggots who hate him, why not realize that the funnest and most accomplished communities (Encyclopedia Dramatica, 4chan, pre-2014 Reddit) have always had very loose moderation. On mastodon.social, anyone who’s not a tranny has to walk on eggshells for anything they say. Who remains? the people who are so sensitive that they need content warnings. This is why rules-laden hugboxes are a bad idea.

I think if Gargron truly understand on a deep emotional level that these people are narcissists who will always hate him, he’d reconsider what he’s pushing for the future of Mastodon. Perhaps consider that defederation because trannies is mob appeasement, which never works.