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FWIW, I found the original post on the Wayback Machine and it's pretty gross: http://i.imgur.com/NYJiQXc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NYJiQXc.jpg (I pixelated the fac
by Rotten194 9y ago
FWIW, I found the original post on the Wayback Machine and it's pretty gross: http://i.imgur.com/NYJiQXc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NYJiQXc.jpg (I pixelated the face, was fully in view before)
Taking someone's Tinder picture and sharing it on the internet to mock them is harassment (especially nowadays when software can take a person's face and look up their social media profiles). Say what you will about free speech, but this isn't a hill I particularly care about dying on.
- lanevorockz 9y agoEnd of free speech is just one step a way of ending personal thought and individuality.
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- pgeorgi 9y agoFree speech came _long_ after personal thought and individuality, so while free speech helps (and is a good idea in general), it's probably not necessary.
- confounded 9y ago"Free speech" is freedom from government reprisals. Nothing in the article relates to this, merely that private companies wish not to support Neo-fascists. You can be upset about this, but please don't confuse it with Freedom of Speech.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoNo. Free Speech is a human right, which governments sometimes codify into law.
- confounded 9y ago> No Can you be more specific, especially with regards to private property and enterprise? Are you arguing that it's my human right to publish on the front of the NYT, or have my submissions on the front page of HN? Or to give speeches in your living room?
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoThis is actually an decent question; I tend to favor view that platforms should have less room to censor in scale with their size. The idea being that a tiny forum can censor at will because its impact is minimal, whereas YouTube shouldn't be allowed to censor legal material, because forums are a dime a dozen, but YouTube is a monopoly, so if they decide they don't like you then you effectively have no voice. This is the same problem as malls and the like have; privatization of public space doesn't make the space not public. Also, I would oppose censorship in your particular examples. I would think that it is your right to publish in the NYT under the same terms as anyone else (i.e., be interesting or have money), to top HN (if upvoted), or to speak in my home (if invited). And if the NYT blacklisted someone speaking on corrupt reporting, if HN blocked stories because they were right-leaning, or an acquaintance refused to talk to me because they disagree with my politics, I would be rightly upset at them.
- confounded 9y agoThat's wonderful. But, again this has nothing to do with freedom of speech; just your feelings. So, next time something like this happens, instead of saying "but this is hurting freedom of speech" you can just say "but this is hurting my feelings; I believe I have a fundamental human right to feel good about things, and things are making me feel bad".
- silentOpen 9y agoThe person in question is Heather Heyer, victim of the vehicular homicide hate crime in Charlottesville, VA.
- Rotten194 9y agoOh yikes, I didn't recognize her. That's even worse.
- james_pm 9y agoThis very same meme is on Reddit in multiple places, including /r/ImGoingToHellForThis.