Yeah because I don't want to be banned. Which yes I know it is bullshit that is even something to worry about. But it's the same reason why I don't speak out against the moderation policies here either.
Look, I feel bad for adding to the dogpile but I really think I have to put this out here.
First, I have no comment with regards to your public support of that era poster. As someone said the Etika parallels are there. I'd say however that this person doesn't need an internet forum, needs a medical professional. The only advice he needs, the only reply he really needs is the phone number of a trusted professional.
Second, I will tell you that remaining on Era, silently nodding and approving what's going on there debases you as a human being. That forum saw a young adult desperately seeking help and crying for attention and they used him as a target for shooting practice to remind each other why they were morally superior to him. Holowka killed himself after being lynched on social media without the accuser providing a single tangible record of the events. Era not only engaged in the pre-suicide lynching, but after he killed himself they competed gleefully to see who better stomped on his grave - the unspoken rule being, the happier you were that he killed himself, the more virtuous you were. In its short life, Era has become a place where people merrily desire the death of others, the people they disagree with. Through Era, they're being told that political enemies are mortal enemies, that if they are Just anyone opposing them must necessarily be Unjust and unworthy of even being considered a human being. To that purpose they've gone so far as to dismiss scientific studies that sought to ascertain how to turn bigots into virtuous persons - turns out talking to them is the way, but even being backed off by the might of social science that was laughed away.
You see, although Era proudly displays itself as being on a quest for Justice, that's only camouflage. Era is on a quest for Revenge. Enemies are to be vanquished, lynched, cancelled. Political opposition is to be annihilated. And so on. Only if you understand that, you understand why not only they allow, but also encourage people to become enraged - wrath and shame are the tools they use: be angry, or be shamed.
At this point, I hope you understand how being complicit to all this strips away your humanity. The things you get used to in that forum poison your soul.
I also had people I knew at reset. But I also have discord, psn, twitter, reddit and so on. Keeping in touch with someone is easier than it never was.
Myself? After Etika happened I couldn't just ignore what was going on any longer. I just couldn't be silent and quietly acquiesce to what I was reading.
I was banned, but that's ok.
I still keep in touch with the people I know.
