Are these allowed now? I was infracted at least 8 times for such a thing. Just checking
This is something I realized could happen and was worried that because we have "returning users" and "thematic memes"... this one came across as "uh probably too much" but I am a Senior Moderator overlooking Mods' shoulders. We are experiencing mod burnout, particularly from many people's (*mine too*) shenanigans in the COVID thread, I'm sure. It would have helped if I had mental health meds like hypnotic bzd's instead of having to continue tapering after the "covid panic meltdown of planet earth 2nd only to legit global warming if it's happening" if you don't believe in it. I don't gain a personal "feel good" by making anyone change their mind man, I just believe in it, that's all. You do you.
I am worried that like, there's things I can't post just because I'm me, and I'm alright w/ it because I don't need
all the big words. But it's unfair when it happens to regular BL'ers and as much as ya'll love to hate on me whenever it's cool (and hey life is hard man if it helps you cope and keep being your best self it's not like my whole life is BL rest assured) I'd rather you be good to wifey, the kids, hubbie, whomever you have/don't have at home because a lot of people are getting sick and life is short man.
If you want I can spearhead a moderator overview into this meme. There's no reason to believe due to mod overwork, stress, etc. that mods are seeing 100% of content and inactivity at this point is due to negligence. We can also give nova an official warning for "known racist thematic memes" that we're actively, actively trying to discourage (content vs form, association vs literal message, is a very fine line with memes and content and original artist intention is lost; can never be known philosophically: who do we trust? our liberal hearts or our conservative brains that know better?)
I'm quite conflicted on how to deal with this because I can't see the "anti-Biden meme anti-racist take" on this (but my interpretation of artist intention, form, impression, overall message it has on BL can be WRONG and totally misguided or so western-peace-loving-world that perhaps I can't imagine what effect it's having on the rest of 'Murrka, World, etc.) as being...
bad or malevolent but... I originally IMMEDIATELY thought of this incident with you, the connotation it sends to not immediately censor it...
but you know, me immediately JUMPING THE GUN and immediately censoring things received such an ass-raping I decieded, hey, S. mods will play the role of cautious cool cucumber if the masses demand it. I'd rather make a community happy via 1 person than make 1 person happy and upset the community even if I value every individual equally in this weird PLUR sense now.
I have to go do mundane OCD cleaning rituals and basic CH bitch work so please don't hate on me for not immediately doing anything about it. Surely there'll be some "mod oversight" into the actions against you, and not against nova for this "similarity".
If you have reason to believe nova is being racist/etc/fanatical and had bad intentions behind posting this you can PM me. I've always had nothing like that in their interactions with me. At least coming from my perspective. I'm open-minded to your interpretation and wish you well during these troubling covid-19 times man. I know you must be trying your best to keep your head together.
And Daisy I truly hope that you know your free speech zone is safe here within reason of any average, new, random, old-school, new-school, accepted or PARIAH (lounge pariah clubbbbb2020 when do we get to start round 2? can I donate my vote to DAISY? or perhaps
dopeM? can I get 3 votes and donate them all to dopem daisy and DG? only LOUNGE MODS/gamemaster gets to decide! I don't think that's me is it) - I want everyone's free speech, opinions to be safe/welcome here as long as it's not blatant racism/hatred/BLUA breaking that falls beyond the pale of comparison of the things I've seen over the years, and if it's offensive/not acceptable to staff, I'm probably going to weigh towards staff 99% of the time and especially always if I'm alone in dissenting opinions for whatever reason because the homogeneity of a community like this is more important in a "group consensus" than "eternal conflicts".