I won't talk about what specifically but its likely some of you might know who i might be talking about...
Honestly im gonna do the neutralist perspective here, im going to try to make both sides equally wrong, i know i might say something dumb, i might get warned by mods for this since im gonna be using words that i feel like the mods would warn me and have sentences/statements that can be controversial if not typed in properly and can sometimes make me look like an idiot for saying it or make me get painted in a bad light, im just not really good at typing sentences but im gonna try typing it in a way you might understand and not misunderstand, no i am not trying to accuse anyone im just giving my personal advice...
There's actually nothing wrong with defending somebody like a racist, furry, pedophile, terrorist, murderer, etc, its ok if you are trying to defend somebody because they are your friend, sure some people will hate you and call you either a pedophile defender, murderer accomplice (no, not like helping the murderer like hiding the evidence), etc. But in the end, there's nothing wrong really, it's just people giving those controversial people a chance if they have one.
The BIG problem here is how some people defend them, in my opinion you can't just hide evidence or someone's past, there's a big difference between Making everyone forget what they did in the past and blind new people and not tell them what they (the people who did controversial stuff) did in the past and Not bringing up what they did in the past, but at least acknowledge what they did in the past and if someone wants to know the truth at least give them the truth and just tell them to not harass them because they are trying to change (also the people who did controversial stuff).
What you shouldn't do if you are a mod in a server or a person in general (not discord general but like irl places or media like twitter) is literally silencing anybody or start flame hating on somebody who's either:
Talking about the situation (unless they are literally spamming or saying death threats or getting too serious and or addicted to the discussion if yknow what i mean).
Giving a light but not flame hating level insult and they are not spamming it like saying "damn i didnt know he did that, thats very disgusting and he shouldnt do that stupid thing".
Making a light joke that isnt too harsh or unnecessarily hateful like for example "bro is touching minors 💀" or posting a meme image that isn't too offensive unless they are spamming it too much or using it too far.
You shouldn't be silencing these people if they're not that toxic, you don't need to be that sensitive, i know you are trying to defend someone and protect them from toxic hate and also have standards but please at least try talking to them so that they will understand instead of deleting the messages they sent which can sometimes not be that toxic.
The point is you shouldn't be downplaying their actions, you should acknowledge what they did and be honest and truthful to people who want to know what happened, There's a big difference between a person who says
"No i think you shouldn't bully and make fun of him for doing that you should shut up, how does it feel if you did something wrong and everyone bullies and makes fun of you huh?"
"He did nothing wrong, it was just a minor accident"
"it's not that bad, what he is doing isn't really bad compared to other people like him"
"Umm actually the age of consent in "insert country name here" is actually "insert age number from 10 - 17", so therefore its ok for them to do that!"
And people who say:
"Yeah i know what they did, but i am still going to give them a chance, i know you might not like it but i still believe people can change"
"Yes i know they did bad stuff, i just wish they can change and not act like this"
"Please don't bring up this drama too much, i know that they did some bad stuff but its best to not bring up this topic too much unless someone asks you and wants information on what the person did, they can still change"
"Yeah i get what you mean by that joke, i'm not gonna try stopping you since it's your opinion and i acknowledge that"
You can mock and joke both of the sides all you want, but just always know the differences between these 2 people, they aren't the same, yes they are the same in defending a controversial person but the way they do it is very different, i respect people who defend people who are their friends that did controversial things but at least acknowledge it and give them a chance to change and not instantly attacking other people who are joking or insulting them in a not so flame hating way, just a light and not harsh way.
Ok that's all i want to say, this is just me talking and don't view this in a wrong way, Thank You.
Don't know if i should post this in general or off topic since this is talking about the R2DA community and real life at the same time so forgive me if i post this in the wrong Category lol.