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Hello right back at you,
I have a few opinions I will be sharing. To avoid being inflammatory I’ll first say that I find yours and the quoted persons characterisation of this issue to be extremely dishonest but I will try to tackle that as respectfully as I can. I’ll try not to include my personal opinions on EWC, although they’re out there. Because it’s not actually relevant to my criticism of you and the attached post.
1.
I’ve always found the idea of “no politics” to be quite paradoxical, given that it’s inherently a political decision. The logical defence to this that you’ve hinted at in your rhetoric is that this is a consistent ruling, however I’d like to point out a no politics rule makes sense when said politics aren’t relevant to streamer or content: but in this case, the politics comes from the streamers own personal choice. If you’re going to platform a political event (of course it’s political it’s not just a league event let’s not be stupid) it’s only fair that the community gets to talk about it. Thats not random spam - it’s directly relevant discussion.
2.
Which is why I find it dishonest that you’ve recognised the need to make a concession but have chosen to do it in this way.
If your goal isn’t to silence anyone, why have you created a containment space (pinned post) which is the only pressure valve in the community for criticism. Using this in conjunction with the necessity of “civil” discussion just creates a filter by way of suppression. I think it’s extremely dishonest to frame this in a way of anti censorship. It’s akin to governments allowing limited areas for protest, curbing ability to protest and then in the advent of an extremely limited protest saying “look they can protest”
This method only achieves a few things
> discussion reaches fewer people
> real dialogue is limited
> is easily ignored by fans and community
So it’s suppression, don’t dress it up as anything else.
You’re also just in general disencouraging honest participation in discussion. This is an extremely emotionally charged issue for many marginalised peoples and
> They’re told their concerns belong in a low-traffic thread.
> Emotional or “un-civil” (vagueness of this means bad faith interpretation possible) responses are policed.
> Others have been moderated for raising the issue in visible places.
Silencing deletes your voice.
Containment keeps it somewhere no one will hear it. It becomes a token concession.
Both suppress dissent, one just has better PR.