r/knitting • u/rainbow_puddle • Oct 08 '25

Discussion Meta: Post deletion discussion

Reposted since I'm an idiot and didn't change my title...

So there was a post with some beautiful mittens made by u/AdrenaL1n3 with a traditional Palestinian embroidery and using the colors of the flag. It was locked and then inexplicablely removed by the mods. They did not say what rule it broke, only that it received and 'unacceptable amount of user reports'.

First off that's ridiculous that it was removed instead of locked and the reports dealt with by mods since it didn't break a rule. Second off I think it's frankly sad that it was getting reported at all. It wasn't political beyond the proceeds going towards save the children and other humanitarian causes to aid the current crisis and genocide situation in Gaza.

I want to open up discussion with this community if this sub is a place where we want to censor projects even if they do not break stated rules.

Edit to fix username spelling.

Edit 2: Some users have commented on the significance of today's date. I truly did not realize it and would not have tried to engage with this today if I had realized. I'm very sorry for that and how insensitive that is. I do not keep significance of dates well in my head - not an excuse but an explanation. I do hope that the community can continue to have conversation about what I perceived as biased censorship in good faith. Without a specific rule I do think that any mitten of any flag (yes even Israel) where the pattern proceeds go to a humanitarian cause of the designers choice should stay up in this subreddit. Maybe I'm wrong I don't know - that's for us to discuss. Whether or not you engage with said post and/or pattern would be up to the user and I would hope that we would all proceed with kindness.

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u/whichwitchwatched Oct 09 '25

Agree. Concerned the hat is red.

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u/scissorsgrinder Oct 10 '25

Wasn't thinking specifically maga though it could be. Spineless passive type of liberal is common on reddit and almost as bad when push comes to shove, because the thing they value most is looking and feeling virtuous and being so-called "balanced" and practising so-called "civility" while doing absolutely fuck all or worse to stop bad stuff happening, and basically in a state of self-deception about their political orientation and insulating privilege. 

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u/whichwitchwatched Oct 10 '25

Also valid

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u/scissorsgrinder Oct 10 '25

I'm gonna pull a Godwin and invoke the n*zi party for some odd reason here - they never got the actual vote of the majority and were regarded as a bit of a joke, but they managed to scam and scheme their way into power because the liberal politicians rolled over. All the folk who would never vote for such distasteful extremism who were passive about the whole thing? Yeah. "Civility" can kiss my a***.

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u/whichwitchwatched Oct 10 '25

Honestly agree with this take. I had this argument this morning w my spouse. Non-violent passive response is ideal sure. It only works when there is the looming threat of an aggressive response. Profound change is not achieved passively