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Would you then also argue that the Hollywood blacklist was morally unassailable?[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist https://en.wikipedia.
by nickff 11y ago
Would you then also argue that the Hollywood blacklist was morally unassailable?[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist
- dragonwriter 11y agoI didn't argue that anything was morally unassailable. That freedom of speech includes freedom of speech criticizing others' speech acts does not mean that all speech is morally equal. Nor, in any case, was the Hollywood blacklist a speech act; it was a conspiracy in restraint of trade.
- nickff 11y agoDo you think that this corporate executive will be hired in a similar role from which he was let go? If not, how is this functionally different from a blacklist (or "conspiracy in restraint of trade")?
- dragonwriter 11y agoSince he is currently CEO of a technology company, I don't think it's anything like an industry blacklist, in effect (obviously, its nothing like it in structure, either.)
- nickff 11y agoBeing forced to leave one of the most influential software developers, and go start a new small startup is comparable to being forced out of the major studios and starting your own. I fail to see any significant difference between what happened at Mozilla and the Hollywood blacklist.