For more context: I already had the communism and lefty communites blocked. I’d consider myself middle-left of the political spectrum but personally don’t believe in some grand revolution saving us all. Most left communities on here seem to far out there for my personal taste at least. My comment is deleted but if you wanna see the post here’s the link.
That applies to instances, too - they should be also free to curate their own vibes, including saying “you are not welcome here”. Nobody here is entitled to the usage of an instance.
The problem with lemmy .ml is on another level: transparency. Instead of actually telling users what they want/don’t want in their instance, like Hexbear for example correctly does, they keep pushing and pulling rule #1 (no bigotry - the reason why you were banned BTW) and rule #2 (be respectful) to justify every single action. It’s effectively lying to the users.