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Bigotry Is Not Ok (or Ravelry Is at It Again)

Bigotry Is Not Ok (or Ravelry Is at It Again)

Ravelry has allowed another pattern to be posted on its site that violates its community guidelines, namely the ones forbidding hate speech and the targeting of politically conservative users (not to mention the ones not allowing certain curse words). First, let me reiterate that I am a non-political libertarian who believes that no limits on free speech should be imposed by the government. This includes so-called “hate speech.” Individuals and private institutions and businesses, however, can regulate speech within the…

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Ravelry Implements a Non-Inclusive Policy to Combat Non-Inclusivity

Ravelry Implements a Non-Inclusive Policy to Combat Non-Inclusivity

Ravelry, a crochet and knitting social site, has implemented a No Trump Support ban because We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy. Let’s leave aside for a moment that it is absolute insanity to seriously equate President Trump with white supremacy; this is in no way factually correct and is, in fact, a delusion of the left. No, wait….

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