cannibalkitteh

The way I see it, if you as a user like a comic enough to research the artist, and you discover said artist holds values that are offensive to you, then you’ve learned something valuable. Plus, you get to make up your own mind whether you want to continue following said comic/artist.

Or a person who liked the artist enough that they went to look for more views it under the context of “I like this artist” so they’re more likely to rationalize or defend the extreme or questionable positions and the community remains complicit in platforming hate.

It is a fine line to walk as a mod (or person in power) to dictate what is and isn’t acceptable at any given moment.

That is literally the role of a mod?

I agree. It is a core function of moderation to be able to take a definitive stand and say “We won’t platform hate speech or those whose body of work is intractably entwined with hate”.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I feel that the content is not always a direct reflection of the bad values that their creators/portrayers may have.

I think on its own that makes sense, but without some blanket bans on known hateful artists, people are getting exposed to the innocuous works, and then looking up the artists to find a backlog of hateful content. And bad actors are free to limit test what extreme they can go to before any mod response.

It’s only a meme if it comes from the meme region of the internet. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling silliness.