Addendum: why I'm leaving Spacehey

Before I start, I am of the belief that the assassination of Kirk isn't morally justifiable. Murdering someone is never okay. However, I don't believe in condemning people for being apathetic, celebrating, or breathing a sigh of relief after his passing, either. These two statements can go hand in hand. 

(I encourage you to have a civil discussion in the comments below, or share your thoughts if you disagree, agree, or feel ambivalent about the whole thing. I will still read them before I stop going here completely if the moderators won't censor or ban me- although me replying will not be a guarantee. However, please don't spout vitriol at me. That will not be productive. If you want a TLDR, you could also scroll all the way down. )

Two of the moderators posted their stances on Kirk's death, and their decision to ban multiple people who are celebrating his death is a red flag to me. I've also recently seen one of their stance on Luigi Mangione as well. 

https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=1329231 

https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=1910206 

https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=1911437 

Before you call me heartless, read further. 

Edit: You need to keep in mind why people celebrate to begin with. He spread harmful rhetoric when he was alive. He pushed for legislation that harms minorities. I find it iffy that they can excuse xenophobia, lgbtphobia, misogyny, etc but draw the line at celebrating someone’s death.

For the Luigi one, he isn't guilty, and his trial is still unfinished, so they can't hold this double standard. Praising a supposed killer who is legally innocent is not equivalent to criticizing a dead, fundamentally guilty man. It's a false equivalency because they care more about defending rich, white, right-leaning, or fascist men. 

Edit: Unlike Mangione who has no concrete evidence that he is guilty of terrorism, Kirk has solid proof that he is the one who has been spreading harmful rhetoric.

Looking down on the celebrations of death is very Christian of everyone. Celebrations of death are not a bad thing; they happen often in other cultures and other ideologies. 

www.google.com/search?client=opera-gx&q=celebration+of+death&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 

Edit: It was unclear, but specifically Victorian Era and Execution celebrations in eras like that as well as many other pagan European cultures. Not Day of the Dead.

For most of these banned people, I think it's more of a "thank goodness he's gone" because he was spreading harmful, violent rhetoric. Which is still looked down upon by Christians because it isn't "the right way to grieve". People's pearl-clutching at folks celebrating is like an untapped subconscious cultural standard that people are weaponizing, which is almost entirely a modern Christian ideal. It's very narrow minded of them. You can't demand sympathy from the people Kirk hurt.

So no, celebration does NOT break the rules of nonviolence. 

I have a feeling that the mods aren't among the minority groups being affected by Kirk's rhetoric, so they don't understand. 

TLDR: The mods are essentially censoring people and using the infringement on people's free speech to justify it, like it is normal. 

Edit 2: The government *is*  infringing on the first amendment. There have been multiple politicians calling for the firings of people over words about Kirk, one of the mods mentioned that and that is what the point was targeted to

Spacehey’s moderators are censoring users and justifying it by hiding behind their arbitrary ruleset while posing it as the website’s official rules.

Their behavior made me realize that this entire site isn't worth it.