this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023
189 points (94.8% liked)
196
17133 readers
3280 users here now
Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.
Rule: You must post before you leave.
Other rules
Behavior rules:
- No bigotry (transphobia, racism, etc…)
- No genocide denial
- No support for authoritarian behaviour (incl. Tankies)
- No namecalling
- Accounts from lemmygrad.ml, threads.net, or hexbear.net are held to higher standards
- Other things seen as cleary bad
Posting rules:
- No AI generated content (DALL-E etc…)
- No advertisements
- No gore / violence
- Mutual aid posts require verification from the mods first
NSFW:
NSFW content is permitted but it must be tagged and have content warnings. Anything that doesn't adhere to this will be removed.
Content warnings should be added like: [penis], [explicit description of sex].
Non-sexualized breasts of any gender are not considered inappropriate and therefore do not need to be blurred/tagged.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on our matrix channel or email.
Other 196's:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Forced genital mutilation on people that are unable to consent.
How do you feel about female genital mutilation?
while I think its harmful (it can cause severe inflammation leading to hospital visits) im not going to force others to conform to that belief
Where do you draw the line? Human sacrifices used to be a common religious practice, but surely you wouldn't argue that we shouldn't force others to conform to the belief that murder is wrong.
Personally I think religious practices that cause actual harm to others deserve no protection. Beliefs are just beliefs, religious or otherwise. If I believe I should be allowed to mutilate others without consequence, no one would defend my right to "practice" my belief; but if it's part of a longstanding religious tradition it just gets a pass?
Traditions are only as good as the underlying reasons for them. If those have been forgotten or are otherwise no longer relevant, the tradition needs new justification just as any other new idea does.