Is this anti paganism?
I was in this one server who had the rule "no controversial topics", which is vague as fuck, seeing that what is "controversial" as a whole changes from person to person
I was seeing people mentioning Christianity left and right and being fine, even some lightly justifying their queerphobia with Christianity, which is wild since that was a supposedly queer safe server
I mention that I practice witchcraft once in passing and the server owner goes in my DMs to say I broke the "no controversial topics" rule by doing that, and they gave me a warn
I think that's double standards
This is absolutely anti-Paganism, wiccaphobia, and @this-is-queerphobia. And it's definitely a double-standard.
This heavily reminds me of when my partner quit their job at a daycare because they weren't allowed to talk about me. It's a situation you can kinda mad-lib into this, so it's story time:
The context was that they were working on a project about family with the kids. One of the kids was talking about theirs and then they /asked/ my partner who they live with.
They answered that they live with their mom, sibling, girlfriend, and 4 cats (collectively, I brought 2 when I moved in).
Compare to like you did when you mentioned in passing that you practice Witchcraft.
Even despite the context, children are /not/ inherently phobic of people. That is /learned behavior/ from their /guardians/. Children ask questions and they're nosy, purely because /they're learning about the world/. And authorities in education never seem to remember this in these cases especially, because it's usually about control behind the curtain. Not giving a damn about them.
They got pulled into the office and told that they shouldn't be talking about being gay. Despite the fact that multiple kids in the program had two moms, one of which was the assistant director there, and two dads. My partner brought that up and their boss replied that they have to "appeal to the most conservative parents".
Like you were DM'd about breaking the "no controversial topics" rule and given a warning.
They reminded them that they told them when they started that if they had to be closeted at work, it was going to be a problem. So, they finished their shift, wrote a note to management and to the queer assistant director, and walked out.
Straight women in the daycare industry will also tell you this to your face, then turn around and straight up sexually harass any men that work there.
Morals of the story:
The act of being Pagan (or insert any other minority) is not controversial, it's the oppression that makes it so.
People like to shelter bigotry under respectability politics (respecting people regardless of their opinion).
It sounds like a server you should consider leaving, like my partner left that job, and finding a more inclusive one of a similar topic or theme. It's unlikely you could change their minds as they're the owner. You could "leave a note" like my partner did at their job or just straight up leave. If you have friends in there, just message them outside it to continue any conversations you were having or explain what happened.
Or not, it's totally up to you.
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