How a ban on pro-Trump patterns unraveled the online knitting world(The title is kinda... sensationalist. We've seen no evidence of a substantial rift on Ravelry, much less in the knitting world at large.)
Banning Trumpsterfire supporters from a caring community is an entirely appropriate response. Trump stands for everything that any reasonable, caring person should be against -- and Ravelry has consistently been a caring and supportive community. Yes, there are people who haven't figured that out yet -- but nobody should feel obliged to make them feel
comfortable with their ignorance.
We don't allow that kind of thing on
toot.cat, either, or on any of the other instances we federate with.
This isn't a sports match; it actually objectively matters who we elect, and anyone who is the least bit informed and not hopelessly bamboozled by right-wing/oligarchian propaganda understands that We Do Not Want Four More Years Like This.
Ravelry’s equation of Trump support with white supremacy is a controversial move
Srsly? It's about as controversial as saying the world is round. Yes, there are (somehow)
a few people out there who claim otherwise...

When knitting site Ravelry banned all pro-Trump content it caused a schism in the community—but it also shone a spotlight on how women are using niche sites to politicize.
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