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> People seem to get confused though and expect that repugnant speech won't have any consequences. And for folks who scream "Free Speech doesn't mean Free of C
by mieseratte 8y ago
> People seem to get confused though and expect that repugnant speech won't have any consequences.
And for folks who scream "Free Speech doesn't mean Free of Consequence" and engage in harassment campaigns causing targets to lose jobs, homes, and everything else, I hope you're fine with the same thing happening to you when someone finds your views repugnant.
We're trying to push the societal ball forward, not revert to a state of digital Weimar-era street fighters engaging in mob justice.
- maxerickson 8y agoThere's plenty of room for consequences that don't rise anywhere near the level of a harassment campaign.
- mieseratte 8y ago> There's plenty of room for consequences that don't rise anywhere near the level of a harassment campaign. Care to give some examples?
- maxerickson 8y agoThings like social disengagement stemming from personal observations. I.e., that person said something incredibly repugnant and clearly meant it, I'm not going to have lunch with them anymore. And so on.
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- mieseratte 8y agoThat's entirely fair.
- moorhosj 8y agoWhat is your proposal for moving the ball forward? How would you deal with groups of racists trying to influence society?
- mieseratte 8y agoI'm genuinely not sure at this point, other than killing off social media but I doubt we're going to stuff that back in Pandora's Box anytime soon. Regardless, vigilantism isn't going to help and will only further worsen.
- finnthehuman 8y agoBase society on strong foundational principles like liberty and justice. Give everyone the tools to properly evaluate ideas. Attempts to extinguish bad ideas should focus on arguing the point. Gradually the bad ideas will die out. Every possible alternative relies on whoever is in power exercising condescending 'parent knows best' authority. And the rest of us just have to hope the whims of whoever is in power happen to align with ours. That's a bad way to run anything from the get-go, doubly so when the next generation takes over and is expected to know what the hell they're doing.
- moorhosj 8y agoIn the article we have a portion of society acting in their view of "justice".
- krishanath 8y ago> I hope you're fine with the same thing happening to you when someone finds your views repugnant. This doesn't randomly happen to everyone.