For context- if the concept of #accelerationism is new to you, I recommend this insightful historical account of what we're dealing with. https://julesevans.medium.com/accelerationism-amphetamine-philosophy-and-the-death-trip-bb67ff079f8
You may also find the Wikipedia pages on Nick Land and Accelerationism illuminating.
The first response was mockery from a user by the name of 'Solar Saint': "Sounds gay". I can deal with mockery- it's a minor enough culture smell if dealt with well. But it was ignored, thus normalising the tone. And far worse was coming.
A user by the name of 'dmc' is where the majority of the vitriol came from.
"No. We’re not doing this. Any of it. Whether you’re left or right - fuck off with your culture wars. I’m going to deconstruct this nonsense here one time and then we can focus on building good stuff for the peers"
"Free speech as used by the far right is the same as any given subject used by any political entity that seeks to attract the disenfranchised" [continues with a lengthy diatribe on #FreeSpeech maximalism that was probably generated by AI]
A quick reverse image search on the avatar of 'dmc' reveals him to be https://github.com/davidmarkclements - an official Holepunch team member. So the core @holepunch_to team includes abusive people who bully away anybody who raises cultural issues. Cool.
As problematic as the #RespectabilityPolitics are, the only relevant official guidelines for the chat are "Speak freely, but always with respect. Insults or toxic language won't fly here." No admins or mods intervened or responded to David's contributions, so I can only assume that "fuck off with your culture wars" constitutes acceptable official conduct.
David Mark Clements seems to have some vocal fans by the names of 'Silver Surfer' and 'superwoody', and a YouTube channel where he apparently posts right-leaning recruitment through a disingenously centrist lens. I have not bothered to explore that content. I'm sure I've heard it all before.
(image via @TheDialecticalCommunist)
'superwoody' certainly seems like a hate actor, eagerly taking the opportunity to post Trumpist anti-progressive rhetoric-
"Free speech is actually originally left ideology the fact that it's viewed as right is truly astounding. The bad guys in history have always been the ones against #freespeech"
"The so called modern left is tantamount to Nazism, where it wants to take away people's lives for use of mere words or discussing topics it doesn't like."
(To dmc's credit, he did actually push back against the 'Nazism' comment a little, in a characteristically meandering and verbose way.)
The same reductive individualistic logic I have seen peddled across more or less every #DWeb community I have ever engaged with of course gets some airtime here:
"In short #Keet, Pear and #P2P is about #decentralization and that means giving power to individuals and taking it from large entities like governments and companies ie meta etc"
Sure bros, you've made your politics clear. It's all "I will not be ruled" here, "I will not rule" or the matter of what happens with that power once it has been siezed hasn't even entered awareness.
https://c4ss.org/content/56480
In suggesting that we "all work together on avoiding tyranny in all its forms", David seems completely unaware of his direct contributions to the tyranny of Pears' official channels.
