@mastodonmigration people much smarter than me have pointed out that the requests for “civility” in the face of hard political realities are a sign of (white) privilege, and a marker of not having stakes in the politics at hand. especially reading the “civility in debate” demand here made me stop. i think this mindset is a bit dangerous because there are critical omissions due to the stucture (read: almost arcane mechanisms) of the fediverse. as another reply already stated, these same mechanisms are why white people continuously cannot see the racism on the platform.
to me there’s an air of complacency around this observation. each user’s fediverse experience is an incredible echo chamber in its own way. more people should be aware of that.
of course i’ve also appreciate reading posts that allow space for ambiguity, that point me to new insights, and i’m also glad that fake news doesn’t spread rampantly. but who am i not hearing when i browse my feed? that’s certainly different on e.g. instagram and any random post’s comment section in the past 2 weeks.
</assuming that this is about the war in Israel/Gaza, because that wasn’t even mentioned>