So I just discovered c/womensstuff, commented in a thread that took my interest and got a somewhat abusive “eff off” comment from a mod with added sarcasm.

I then saw it’s “women only”. This is the only community I know that bans based on a protected identity of a person, e.g. in the UK, it’s illegal to discriminate based on gender, sexuality, religion etc.

How does everyone feel about this for Lemmy communities?

  • catty@lemmy.worldOP
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    17 days ago

    Why do you feel that you have the automatic right to insert yourself into a conversation that your opinion isn’t wanted in?

    Your opinion isn’t wanted.

    Why are you not able to just accept this?

    Tough titties, kid.

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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        17 days ago

        Not only that, but literally directly asked them why immediately beforehand. This is a master class in missing the point.

        I’m an afab something for whom these communities always felt a little iffy (they’re very welcome and it’s lovely to not have to hedge what you say as much, but I always felt they were somewhat unfair), but this comments section has helped me understand why it’s unproblematic to have them.