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Showing Original Post only (View all)A social network for knitting just made every other website look like goddamn cowards [View all]
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New Policy: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration
Sunday, June 23rd 2019
We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry.
This includes support in the form of forum posts, projects, patterns, profiles, and all other content. Note that your project data will never be deleted. We will never delete your Ravelry project data for any reason and if a project needs to be removed from the site, we will make sure that you have access to your data. If you are permanently banned from Ravelry, you will still be able to access any patterns that you purchased. Also, we will make sure that you receive a copy of your data.
We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.
Policy notes:
You can still participate if you do in fact support the administration, you just cant talk about it here.
We are not endorsing the Democrats nor banning Republicans.
We are definitely not banning conservative politics. Hate groups and intolerance are different from other types of political positions.
We are not banning people for past support.
Do not try to weaponize this policy by entrapping people who do support the Trump administration into voicing their support.
Similarly, antagonizing conservative members for their unstated positions is not acceptable.
Sunday, June 23rd 2019
We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry.
This includes support in the form of forum posts, projects, patterns, profiles, and all other content. Note that your project data will never be deleted. We will never delete your Ravelry project data for any reason and if a project needs to be removed from the site, we will make sure that you have access to your data. If you are permanently banned from Ravelry, you will still be able to access any patterns that you purchased. Also, we will make sure that you receive a copy of your data.
We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.
Policy notes:
You can still participate if you do in fact support the administration, you just cant talk about it here.
We are not endorsing the Democrats nor banning Republicans.
We are definitely not banning conservative politics. Hate groups and intolerance are different from other types of political positions.
We are not banning people for past support.
Do not try to weaponize this policy by entrapping people who do support the Trump administration into voicing their support.
Similarly, antagonizing conservative members for their unstated positions is not acceptable.
[link:https://www.ravelry.com/content/no-trump|
Heh. Well done them. A whole of nasty knitters are about to get their knickers in a twist!
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A social network for knitting just made every other website look like goddamn cowards [View all]
Soph0571
Jun 2019
OP
Good! Let them create GabRavelry.com for all your Klan and German-American Volksbund needs.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#27
I thought Rosie was a needlepointer. Edited to add: yes it was needlepoint
yellowdogintexas
Jun 2019
#42
Ravelry is a great site! Didn't know that was going on, happy to hear they have ended the nonsense
Thekaspervote
Jun 2019
#28
:) I'd bet my friend's favorite needles this comes from a liberal or liberals
Hortensis
Jun 2019
#66