A shroom community was removed from lemmy.world as it was considered “illegal” content by the admins. The logic behind this is boggling, to say the least.
Marijuana is considered an illegal substance in some states in the US and is still federally illegal. /c/trees should be banned, correct?
Clown pictures of Putin are absolutely considered illegal in Russia, so that should require and immediate ban.
Freedom of speech can also be considered illegal in some places.
Incest is considered illegal so that should automatically trigger a ban on all incest porn, real or not. Hell, porn is universally taboo, so that shouldn’t have any place on this instance, I guess.
You see where I am going with this? Rule 1 is a catch-all and needs clarification. Simply saying something is illegal is not quite enough. Owning and sharing pictures of shrooms is not illegal. Trading spores or mycelium is generally not illegal either.
This is not about me being salty (which I am) about the community being removed and forced to relocate. It’s the odd bias that was applied to justify its removal.
Please note that I said fix Rule 1, not remove it. There are some really bad things on the internet that shouldn’t use lemmy as a safe haven.
A shroom community? That’s disgusting, where?
Not on Lemmy.world, I can tell you that much at least.
I think it’s !shrooms@sh.itjust.works now
Slow down, Mac…
Oof, yeah I fully agree.
We should be able to discus drugs, because whether you like it or not, drugs are part of the world, and part of life of many humans.
Most of us use drugs on a daily or weekly basis. Nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, weed, etc. We should be able to talk about these things.
Okay I didn’t expect stricter rules here than on Reddit honestly.
fuck that shit, why is lemmy.world being literally stricter than reddit? staying on kbin for sure
I don’t understand why people keep comparing one instance of Lemmy to reddit? I think it’s missing the point. You can still make a plea to the instance admins, but it’s still their choice. Just as you have plenty of other instances to join.
I’m agreeing with the mods, if we gonna go the weed vs shrooms route.
Whats the worst that can happen on a bad trip on either of them
E: for anyone downvoting, I’ve never heard of someone walking from a rooftop because of a bad weed or edible trip
Nah yeah bro, agreed.
I agree, it needs to be more clear about what would be removed.
Gonna be that guy. But just because something is legal in one place doesn’t mean it is legal where the instance/owner is located. And the owner is protecting their own skin, I would do the same. Can also be realted to the host.
So as others have mentioned, it’s better to find an instance welcoming this kind of content.
Yes. I don’t see why this community cannot move to an instance hosted in a jurisdiction where this is legal.
I bought psilocybin mushrooms legally in Oakland, CA, fwiw. Like a month ago.
