Itch isn't the bad guy. The real blame goes to Collective Shout, a right wing Christian organization that pressured payment processors to ban all adult media.
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They do not care about anyone's opinion or belief, but their own. They are bigots. Easily confusable, no matter if right or left, conservative or liberal. Facts do not count, only screaming louder and doing harm to the unbelievers.
They are righteous, so they cannot violate any reading of scripture, since they have the monopoly of knowing what's right.
I wish reason would be valued more, by all sides of the political and idiological discussions. Too many bigots around in positions of power or cowed by bigots.
noun
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.
Similar: hypocrite
A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.
The reason a lot of people think Collective Shout are far left feminist, is because ironically they get a lot of support and are boosted by pro LGBTQIA+ far left feminist groups. Part of the reason Collective Shout got enough power in the first place is exactly these kind of far left spaces, such as reddit groups that brigade and attempt to cancel anything they deem misogynistic.
A far left feminist subreddit with over 14 million users in it, was even giving out detailed instructions on how to brigade for, and support Collective Shout. An example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1jvjpsr/reporting_the_new_stea... This is also what eventually led to the Itch.io NSFW ban.
Which is ironic now that the pro LGBTQIA+ far left feminists, with their actions now led to banning of the majority of LGBTQIA+ games on Itch.io. What a surprise, when you try to give power to those cancelling and censoring things, it will backfire, and even things that you believe in will eventually be hit. There is more overlap between conservative puritanical feminists, and far left feminists, than you would initially think. And the far left feminists prop them up.
Also it is a perfect example, of why all censorship, brigading, and attempts to cancel are bad. Because it won't stop at things you agree with, it will eventually hit things you care about, such as thousands of LGBTQIA+ games now being banned here.
Your evidence that this is a far Left LGBTQIA+ feminist movement is linking a deeply conservative and anti-queer subreddit? People can claim to be anything, you have to look at what they actually support and do. Boosting their claim to be anything other than a hate group just helps them get away with crap like this.
You must be trolling.
That subreddit is now a a deeply conservative and anti-queer subreddit?
Their banner is literally the rainbow flag and their subreddit description is "We are a welcoming subreddit and support the rights of all genders." Their pinned community post is "Trans Women are Women." that warns that any transphobia or TERFs will be met with immediate ban.
Once again, you must be trolling, but in the chance someone took your ridiculous post seriously, I'll clarify that I didn't say Collective Shout is far left, I only explained why many people make that mistake, due to support from various far left feminist groups.
The reason lots of people make this mistake is because their goals have a lot of overlap with with far left feminist groups. To the extent that they are propped up, and supported by these far left feminist groups that claim to be pro LGBTQIA+, but will fully support Collective Shout and give detailed instructions how to support them, and brigade for them.
Here is an example: a far left feminist subreddit with over 14 million users in it, was giving out detailed instructions on how to brigade for, and support Collective Shout. Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1jvjpsr/reporting_the_new_stea... This is also what eventually led to the Itch.io NSFW ban.
Ironically leading to the banning of thousands of LGBTQIA+ games here. I'm sure Collective Shout is beyond happy on all fronts, but they couldn't have done with without the support and boost from massive, much larger far left feminist groups, such as the one I linked above.
Melinda Tankard Reist, founder of Collective Shout, is a self described pro-life "feminist" who has a lengthy history of writing journals for the The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly and while doing speeches at Christian churches in places like the Belconnen Baptist Church.
The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly is handed by National Catholic Bioethics Center, which is a conservative think tank. Therefore she is right-wing and Christian.
Margaret Atwood already pointed out that there is sometimes a surprising overlap between certain feminists and puritans. (It might still be a good question wether todays western feminism can be called far left because most prominent feminists who actually wield power do not want a communist revolution but are supporters of some kind of social liberalism in practice.)
Their pinned post of the subreddit is: "Trans Women are Women." and that any transphobia or TERFs will be met with immediate ban from the subreddit.
They literally pinned that post, to make it as easy as possible for people to do their due dilligence and not spread misinformation.
If you don't want to take their word for it, or mine, do actually look up other sources that would indicate anything about them being TERFs. And then please do share, I will take back my words. But to me it seems, like you are the one who failed to do the absolute bare minimum, you judged a book by its cover, and are now spreading blatant misinformation.
Reddit shouldn't have a login wall. And if it does for you, it is incredibily easy to get around it. It appears you don't want to do the most basic fact checking, and instead you just doubled down on judging a book by its cover. Even after I provided clear support for the opposite being true.
If you actually have a login wall, just put into wayback machine or a million other ways to bypass it. Here, I did the work for you, here is the pinned post in the subreddit:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250224051954/https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromoso...
And I am still waiting for you to actually back up what you are saying with at least a single piece of supporting evidence. It is the biggest feminist subreddit on Reddit, with over 14 million users, if there was even a whiff of it allowing any TERF content, you could easily find at least some source to support your (what is currently still a completely baseless) claim.
So, you were wrong, you falsely accused me of spreading disinformation.
And now it is a problem when I was literally posting a link to show support for my claims when I was correcting other people on the forums and when I was trying to dispel misinformation here.
Yet it was one of my comments that got deleted?
And I know people can be wrong on the internet, that is exactly why I always try to fact check, and make sure to provide sources and support for any claims I make, especially if I am correcting someone else (and I fully welcome people to counter with better sources, if they believe I have made a mistake).
But apparently fighting misinformation, correcting others, and providing supporting evidence is a problem here. Good to know.
Collective Shout is a group firmly known for its conservative and anti-pornography stance. While it attempts to present itself as a non-partisan organization, it is predominantly associated with conservative values and ideologies.
This organization is often justifiably labeled as puritanical due to its strong opposition to pornography and its claims of advocating for the protection of young people from its harmful influence. Numerous sources highlight Collective Shout's connections to conservative groups and its active participation in campaigns against adult content, reinforcing its alignment with right-wing principles.
In summary, Collective Shout is a determined organization that actively opposes pornography while asserting its mission to protect young people—though that assertion faces considerable skepticism. Its primary links to conservative ideologies and robust anti-pornography campaigns clearly define its agenda.
