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But isn't that a slippery slope? If bigotry is tolerated under the mantra of "just block it", then it shows other even worse things that they have a potential home. Actual CP, extreme gore, whatever.
Give them a proverbial inch, and they'll take a mile.
That's the thing. You can't do anything but block it. Even banning is just blocking. It's not like you're going over where they live with a rifle and pumping a few rounds into them and their children. Defederation is blocking an entire server. Sh.itjust.works has like 6000 people. Defederating the entire server over one dude with 2 accounts shitposting for attention is a bit extreme in my opinion. However! This is not my instance, and beehaw is the most ban-happy instance I've seen, so I guess you do you lol.
Someone is defensive.