You seriously going to gloss over the fact that Aimee Challenor is transgender? Like that has no relevance to their "questionable conduct"? Is this just the massive chilling effect of cancel culture?
Why would I mention it? It’s not relevant, the issue is about inappropriate censorship and incompetent moderation. What difference does it make if they’re transgender or not? There’s no aspect of Challenor’s personal identity that makes a difference to the fact Reddit’s hiring and moderation practices are apparently utterly substandard.
I’m not interested in fanning what’s rapidly spiralling into the inevitable flamewar that this topic creates, but I will say that there’s never anything to be practically gained from making a fuss over other people’s (and particularly stranger’s) personal identities whatever they may be. I’m not saying that for the sake of a “chilling effect”, I’m saying it because in most cases personal identity genuinely isn’t relevant and only serves to distract from the issues at hand as has clearly happened here. Why would I include an irrelevant fact about Challenor’s identity that instantly derails any thread it comes up in?
I’m not interested in fanning what’s rapidly spiralling into the inevitable flamewar that this topic creates, but I will say that there’s never anything to be practically gained from making a fuss over other people’s (and particularly stranger’s) personal identities whatever they may be. I’m not saying that for the sake of a “chilling effect”, I’m saying it because in most cases personal identity genuinely isn’t relevant and only serves to distract from the issues at hand as has clearly happened here. Why would I include an irrelevant fact about Challenor’s identity that instantly derails any thread it comes up in?