[knolax]

First it's "The government can't stop me from saying anything I want", then it's "Corporations can't stop me from saying anything I want on their platform", and now you've progressed to "Private individuals running their own instances have to federate with me and listen to what I say or else they're witch hunting leftists". It's my own instance, I will federate with who I want. You have the right to run your instance, I have the right to tell you to fuck off.

[lmm]

The local HOA can be far more oppressive than the faraway president. IRC servers were often run by petty tyrants. Mastodon federates at the wrong level.

[mlindner]

It’s your own instance and I’ll never go there or any other instance that wants to control what people say publicly and to each other and spy on peoples private conversations.