[jeroenhd]

In my experience, the blacklists are all pretty sensible. Mostly porn, neonazis, that kind of stuff.

I haven't opened Gab in a while so I just loaded the front page, and I can see why Mastodon moderators don't want to deal with them either. The content is not as blatantly illegal as many other blacklisted sites, but the front page is incredibly toxic and hateful. I would block most of those posts if they woulf ever hit my personal instance.

Feel free to join (or set up) an instance that doesn't employ blacklists, though. The default Mastodon configuration comes with an empty blacklist so I'm sure there are servers out there that will let you access Gab and other blacklisted servers if you wish.

However, other servers are allowed to block you or your server at their digression if you're boosting or posting content they don't care for. After all, freedom of speech does not imply any obligation to be heard.

[redeeman]

its kinda easy to be labelled neonazi these days

[somewhat_drunk]

And yet, somehow, I have avoided it. Curious.

[raspberry1337]

You're neo-nazi!

[somewhat_drunk]

lol, nice.

[jeroenhd]

Perhaps, but the people I'm referring to actually promote the idea that Jews deserve to be killed for being Jews.

[hagbarth]

Is it? Hasn't been a problem for me.

[realjhol]

That's because you're not in the "basket of deplorables"

[LBJsPNS]

That would seem to be a very easy place to avoid.

[realjhol]

How? One's political views are largely an expression of innate personality traits. And, as we have seen, the basket of deplorable includes anyone who is not explicitly left wing.

[LBJsPNS]

"the basket of deplorable includes anyone who is not explicitly left wing."

Nah. It tends to include neo-nazis, neo-confederates, racists, sexists, white supremacists, kiddy diddlers, and the like. It's not a particularly difficult group to not be a part of.

[raspberry1337]

It's not really a problem if none cares who you are.

[LBJsPNS]

Speaking from personal experience?

[chx]

That's because the Overton Window have shifted to the right so much.

[M2Ys4U]

There are a lot of neonazis around these days...

[bigbillheck]

Yeah, you don't have to be an actual neonazi, just be friends with and support them and their views.

[swayvil]

I was accused of white-supremacism for questioning the mask.

I think that illustrates the way these things work pretty clearly.

[redeeman]

being labelled neonazi is about as easy as being labelled "libtard". The very left oriented people often have a strong sense of moral superiority, and will directly accuse anyone who does not agree of being a neonazi. in general i would say though, when you are pointing with one finger, 4 are pointing back at yourself (and by this I dont mean you, its an expression)

[LBJsPNS]

Except that when you're marching with swastikas, and displaying nazi signs and slogans, it's kind of difficult to claim you're not a nazi. But you keep right on assuming you have a moral position.