As many other threads have popped up about this over the last few days, I thought I’d raise a thread on kbin about this too.

From what I’ve seen, they seem like mainly inflammatory trolls who steadfastly support either Russia or the CCP while adding little of value to actual discussions elsewhere on the site.
Was a vote to federate with them in the first place even had?
What’s everyone’s thoughts?

Nonscientific strawpoll:

https://strawpoll.com/PbZqREqzNyN

  • crowsby@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    Jean Paul Sartre would vote to defederate:

    Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge.

    But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors.

    They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.

    Hexbear, as an entity, exists to troll and disrupt discussions, not to participate in them.