Thank you so much for taking the time to say this and to bring people together! It’s totally free to join, though, and feels like a fun community. I always said I could service on a deserted island with a couple of Elizabeth Zimmerman books and some yarn. I do not feel welcome there anymore. I find it impossible! I deleted my account for similar reasons. I mean, it’s just knitting for gosh’s sakes! Through knitting we should be hoping to build alliances with our alleged enemies through the majesty of our shared craft. Chica, if someone is accusing you of rape, they already demonstrated that they’re not going to accept “no, because that would be wrong” as an answer. or political hate speech. If not there is always the block button. I didn’t end up deleting my account. But please feel free to throw some Star Wars our way, too! They say it’s not, but they are lying.. All the social media sites are trying to band together to keep us from knowing the truth about the Democrats and what they did with Hillary to stay in power. When hate supercedes anyone’s logical reasoning and narrows their ability to see beyond that hate. I keep my politics out of the sewing room and the backstage area, as do my friends. This is THEIR quote from THEIR site from THEIR admins. I, too, deleted my Ravelry account after they posted their ban. Do you have any information about that since you mentioned 50%. I don’t think I ever would have found you had this not occurred. That doesn’t do me any favors it only alienates me further from the human race. Ravelry = Darth Sidious, imho. I actually didn’t even vote for Trump, but I’m one of those crazy people who support the office whether my preferred candidate made it there or not. Revelry became bullies. We have God and Trump on our side!! GENIUS! He has been painted that way by the dems and the main stream media. Thank you. I just found you and love you already. I’ve been a member of Ravelry since the by invite only days. I got hit with so many hateful comments INSTANTLY that without five minutes I deleted my comment. Ravelry made a political stance based off untrue statements, it's disturbing that yet another platform takes a side and causes more division.' Gregory–THANK YOU– you put into words much more eloquently than I ever could. Right there with you. For years, I loved adding my projects with a lot of detail that I thought might help others. Why can’t everyone see we are being manipulated to hate each other….a divided USA is a weakened USA. I still don’t. All have been removed and I was also removed from tbe platform before this policy went into effect. Another kidding! The owner of the shop took my sock out of my hands saying “oh you made a mistake” and frogged my sock.When she was done, she smiled sweetly and said “I think you know the mistake that you made now, don’t you.” I felt like I was in a fiber Twilight Zone. Politics has no business on a Knitting Website. Add my name to the ‘Found you after leaving Ravelry’ list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2WRSepMM3s&app=desktop. Makes me sad. Of the profiles with avatars, the oldest dates back to February 2015, and if you randomly visit different pages, all are peppered with projects, patterns, and posts. I respect your decision, as I respect theirs. Definitely not an attempt to prevent attacks…that statement was an attack. Note: this misogynistic stuff is an example of why the other membership that is dwindling is that of the Catholic Church, and not just in the USA. I do it out of love. I have so much in my pattern library, and I feel so stuck. Fascism has invaded hand knitting. That’s their point. I have struggled with my thoughts and feelings over their new policy since Sunday. You want us to listen to you but you don’t offer the same courtesy. You should start a blog! It’s not about promoting inclusiveness. In this politically divisive climate having a haven where those differences don’t have to be confronted is a positive. No… Ravelry said Trump and his supporters are clearly ‘white supremacists’. The whole point of the creative arts, such as knitting, is to engage in an activity that is de stressing and creates something beautiful. So what is the right supposed to do in that scenario.. just keep hearing it and not saying anything about it? Very sad. You could choose to make it not political in any way, shape, or form: state that as your policy and stick to it. Politics aside, this too, is the promotion of hatred. But we have to call it as it is. I’ve also deleted my account because I just can’t deal with it all. It is a work in progress, but a great place so far. Hello, All, I would like to share with you a new website that is growing by leaps and bounds. If voted based on personal values/character/actions then no one would be fit to be a President. You disagree? The most recent accuser hardly bothers to conceal her nucking-futz qualities. These forums remained relatively un-political to the point where I missed the original post about the knitter who wanted to visit India. I don’t have an avatar, stash etc. Ravelry, not being the government, can control the speech of its members who are then free to not be members if they wish. Your article is written with thoughtfulness, heart, and eloquence. This is the part of the problem here. It’s like cutting your nose off to spite your face. It’s not ok to disclose the details (name, home address, phone number) of someone who doesn’t agree with your political views, so that person would be attacked and abused online and in offline. What a fabulous post. Post your rants, patterns, projects and whatever else here. You can’t unring that bell that we all heard loud and clear.. it was on Tucker Carlson’s show for goodness sake Ravelry took a side (insulted an entire group of people) and then broadcasted it for all the world to see. Thank you for being a shining light in the crafting community and expressing your opinions and beliefs regardless of the people trying to quiet you and anyone else that’s not part of their collective. In other words, we will promote our political agenda, which has nothing to do with knitting, but no one else can so much as make a peep to in support of something we oppose, which also has nothing to do with knitting. They have the resources to police the political beliefs of members, but no resources to vet patterns that might be copies of someone else’s work, even when designers make complaints about copyright issues. The hats and now the Trump ban – I just gained time back to my day for my own creativity!! Walk Away from Ravelry has 2,229 members. WalkAway from Ravelry: Intolerent knitting site Ravelry losing members CDN - Communities Digital News ^ | 07/06/19 | Frances Ponick Posted on 07/06/2019 11:51:15 AM PDT by jeb184. You can write and write…and just hope to God it is read by someone who will appreciate it. Google xxx pattern -ravelry and every site EXCEPT ravelry will come up! Just ridiculous! So, even though I’m not pro-Trump, I’m pro-freedom, and I’m anti-Fascist. Walk Away from Ravelry. In an effort to tell the world that Ravelry’s policy promotes inclusiveness they have failed to see that their policy is hypocritical. The only hatred I see or hear is coming from the MSM, members of Congress, groups like Antifa, and the left in general. Naome— I feel as their new policy has succeeded in doing the exact opposite of what they claim they are wanting. 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