New block: waifu.social, some writing improvements

info/faq.md

@@ -63,9 +63,21 @@ If you have the energy and faculties (and know enough about what you're doing) t
 
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+### Won't blocking these people make them more entrenched in their views?
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+As someone who was formerly in an apocalyptic anti-abortion, creationist and kinda homophobic Christian background, thinking about it in this way is missing the point.
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+This isn't to change their minds, this is a form of quarantine.
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+When you're in this kind of mindset, you're already conditioned to treat most things as a reinforcement of your own beliefs. Blocking is just to prevent more people becoming like them and to prevent them from targeting and hurting others.
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+Getting entrenched people out of these kinds of situations is a whole separate practice unto itself and it's a long, internal process. Giving these people access to broadcasting channels and communities will not help them leave and it won't make safe communities for marginalised people.
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 ### You can't tell if someone has a particular ideology or belief or not.
 
-**No, but that's not what I specicially look for. I look at what people do.**
+**Not entirely, but that's not what I specicially look for. I look at what people do.**
 
 For all I care, you can be the most hateful person imaginable, but if you keep it to yourself and don't post an ounce of it, I would have no interest in your server. Furthermore, I wouldn't be able to tell.
 
@@ -77,7 +89,7 @@ I'm well aware that not everyone who posts hate speech are 100% aware of what th
 
 ### Can't you just let users block each other? 
 
-Because it doesn't give anyone a guarantee of safety.
+No, because it doesn't give anyone a guarantee of safety.
 
 I would argue that a positive community environment is one where someone doesn't have to be concerned or worried about abuse or oppressive ideologies aimed at them, that isn't a place where someone has to react as an individual against individual cases of abuse. **Proactive rather than reactive, community-based rather than individual-based.**
 
@@ -94,7 +106,7 @@ But if you're not bothered by certain people and don't get as much abuse as some
 
 It's an admin's responsibility for who they have on their server.
 
-When speech carries consequences, you cannot claim to be a nautral facilitator of information. The internet isn't just a network - ***it is a network of people***.
+Speech carries consequences, so you cannot claim to be a neutral facilitator of information. The internet isn't just a network - ***it is a network of people***.
 
 I would also raise serious questions about any of those admins for them to treat the speech on their service in this way. For instance, for someone to have the capacity to treat a person who dehumanises trans people the same way as someone who likes a certain TV show.
 
@@ -113,8 +125,8 @@ I would also raise serious questions about any of those admins for them to treat
 
 **Don't:**
 
-- Tell me that you will remove the posts of the screencaps I posted. I care about your idea of what you find acceptable to post on your server as a whole, not X incident or Y incident.
-- Tell me that you don't have hateful ideologies or beliefs therefore you shouldn't be on the list. *I don't care what you say you believe in, just what you do.*
+- Tell me that you will remove the posts of the screencaps I posted. I care about what you find acceptable to post on your server as a whole, not X incident or Y incident.
+- Tell me that you don't have hateful ideologies or beliefs therefore you shouldn't be on the list. *I don't care what you say your beliefs are, just what you do.*
 
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list/instances/explosion_party/explosion_party.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Intentional misgendering of a Mastodon user.
 
 (URL not attainable because it was a boost)
 
-Using the two articles to imply a common alt-right anti-semitic conspiracy theory that Jews are erasing 'white identity' by encouraging non-white migration (into what they perceive as white countries), among other things.
+Using the two articles to imply a common alt-right anti-semitic conspiracy theory that Jews are erasing 'white identity' by encouraging non-white migration (into what they perceive as white countries like those in Europe), among other things.
 
 ### example 4
 

list/instances/social_lucci_xyz/social_lucci_xyz.md

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ Also let's not forget the use of 'cuck'. 🙄
 
 ### example 2
 
-They have also boosted another post making an anti-semitic insinuation. (That a Jew was involved in EU hate legislation, thus perpetuating the conspiracy narrative that Jews are one of the driving forces behind what the alt-right labells as 'political correctness' (ie. basically not being a racist piece of shit).
+They have also boosted another post making an anti-semitic insinuation. (That a Jew was involved in EU hate legislation, thus perpetuating the conspiracy narrative that Jews are one of the driving forces behind what the alt-right labels as 'political correctness' (ie. basically not being a racist piece of shit).
 
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list/instances/waifu_social/waifu_social.md

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+# waifu.social
+
+***Last updated: 2018.08.17***
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+(yes, that's the instance name, idk what's with these people)
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+This is a French instance that I was tipped off on. Here are some posts and translations of those posts:
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+![](waifu_social_100567159049366458.png)
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+(https://waifu.social/@ShinikaruZeyd/100567159049366458)
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+![](waifu_social_100567345085296947.png)
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+Feminists are paired with condoms (???? i don't even), LGBT is placed next to 'basic biology' (like the bizarre false, right-wing idea that somehow the existence of LGBT defies basic human biology).
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+(https://waifu.social/@kiru/100567345085296947)
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+From an instance admin: "we're not alt-right, we're just sick of SJWs and LGBTs"

list/list.md

@@ -71,18 +71,17 @@ These instances have harassed users of other instances or generally acted abusiv
 
 These instances often advertise themselves as having laissez-faire moderation or as 'not a safe space', what they really mean is that they are a safe space for a variety of violent and/or hateful ideologies, including (but not limited to):
 
-- White supremacy
-- Neo-nazi
-- Alt-right / Alt-light / Identitarian
-- Male supremacy (ie. Manosphere, The Red Pill, PUA, MGTOW, Incel, etc.)
-- Neo-reactionary (which is basically white supremacy and male supremacy but tailored to Silicon Valley)
-- GamerGate
+- White supremacy / Neo-nazi / Alt-right / Alt-light / Identitarian
+- Male supremacy (Manosphere, The Red Pill, PUA, MGTOW, Incel, etc.)
+- Neo-reactionary / GamerGate
+- 'Anarcho'-capitalists, objectivists and other shitty libertarians
 - TERFs/fake goths
-- general anti-LGBTQ+ / homophobia / transphobia / etc.
-- general anti-muslim bigotry
-- Slurs, shitty edglord humour and behaviour
+- General anti-LGBTQ+ / homophobia / transphobia / etc.
+- General anti-muslim bigotry
+- General anti-semitism
+- Shitty edglord humour and behaviour
 
-Some of these are pretty obvious, others, less so. (The ones that are less obvious have links, other are awaiting articles because of the ongoing migration ^^)
+Some of these are pretty obvious, others, less so. (The ones that are less obvious have links, other are awaiting articles because of the ongoing migration from the old list ^^)
 
 - [**comm.network**](instances/comm_network/comm_network.md)
 - [**community.highlandarrow.com**](instances/community_highlandarrow_com/community_highlandarrow_com.md)
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ Some of these are pretty obvious, others, less so. (The ones that are less obvio
 - [**thechad.zone**](instances/thechad_zone/thechad_zone.md)
 - **unsafe.space**
 - [**voluntaryism.club**](instances/voluntaryism_club/voluntaryism_club.md)
+- [**waifu.social**](instances/waifu_social/waifu_social.md)
 - [**weeaboo.space**](instances/weeaboo_space/weeaboo_space.md)
 - **wrongthink.net**
 - [**woofer.alfter.us**](instances/woofer_alfter_us/woofer_alfter_us.md)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Conspiracy theories can be a complicated subject, and certain kinds are pretty h
 
 - It promotes psuedoscience that fundamentally attempts to undermine reputable scientific practice. (ie. antivaxxers, flat earthers, climate change denial)
 - It is a hate group conspiracy theory (ie. 'International Jewry', 'Cultural Marxism', 'The Great Replacement', Holocaust Denial).
-- It is one that necessitates or involves hate speech, racialism or other hate ideology.
+- It is one that necessitates or involves hate speech, racism/racialism or other hate ideology.
 
 #### Instances
 

resources/resources.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 If you're interested in understanding hate groups, speech and rhetoric, 
 
-Sorry that this is very centered on 'western' (ie. North America and Europe) hate group types right now.
+Because of my background and languages, this is very centered on North American and European hate group types right now.
 
 **Also content warning! All of these are going to contain lots of unhappy things from the start!**
 
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ A website that breaks down what TERFs are, what their beliefs are, and has a blo
 
 ## Explainer posts
 
-#### Alt-right
+#### Alt-right, Identitarian, Neo-Nazi, Fascist
 - [**Alt-Right summary by SPLC**](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/alt-right) - Very comprehensive.
+- [**Decrypting the Alt-Right: How to Recognize a F@scist by ContraPoints**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk) - A really great and entertaining video that goes into the generic ways that fascists behave online and how to identify them beyond moment-to-moment codewords and markers (which they always shift around).
 - [**What is Weaponised Activism?**](https://medium.com/@melissaryan/what-is-weaponization-836dc8b006b9) - This post quickly and effectively points out the differences between alt-right activism and healthy, reasonable activism, and why the former cannot adequately be protected as free speech. (I mean, this is separated from the bigoted rhetoric itself which is already a perfectly good reason.)
 - [**Japan and the Alternative Right**](https://hopenothate.com/2018/04/20/japan-and-the-alternative-right/) - Or as I like to call it, 'what's with all the anime stuff'?