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I don’t think your opinion is that unpopular, I just think it often gets drowned in opinions of those that are louder. Personally, while I can certainly see wh

by Tehnix 8y ago

I don’t think your opinion is that unpopular, I just think it often gets drowned in opinions of those that are louder. Personally, while I can certainly see why people don’t like to be offended, policing speech is a slippery slope, because there is absolutely nothing objective about what is offensive/hate speech and what is not. There is no perfect solution for it, but I would personally take the freer of the approaches, come at the cost it will. Side-note: I don’t understand why anyone would downvote this. It’s articulate, thought out, and constructive.

Kenji 8y ago
They downvote it because HN is infested with political correctness fascists who like trampling free speech with their feet if their feelings get hurt. You have been in this community for 6 years. Didn't you notice yet??
GauntletWizard 8y ago
It's not unpopular. There's a disconnect: It's a popular opinion, but a silent majority. Voicing that opinion, though, makes you a target. I feel like language is failing me here; What do you call it when the masses are oppressed for fear of speaking out against the powerful and vicious that would suppress them?
s73v3r_ 8y ago
I downvoted it because it had the whole, "Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion..." schtick before stating something that is very obviously a popular opinion here.
btilly 8y ago
The answer to your side note is because people disagree with it. ie It is unpopular. Which undermines your leading point that you think that it isn't unpopular.
seventhtiger 8y ago
Here's a truly unpopular opinion: there is another option. One of the reasons bad free speech is so common on the Internet is because of anonymity. A lot of it like death threats, inciting violence, libel, and more are already illegal. They just cannot be enforced due to anonymity. I would like for speech on the Internet to be just as free as off the Internet, and have the same consequences socially and legally. I'm in support of something like the South Korean solution. Tie online identity to real identity.

by Tehnix 8y ago

Kenji 8y ago

They downvote it because HN is infested with political correctness fascists who like trampling free speech with their feet if their feelings get hurt. You have been in this community for 6 years. Didn't you notice yet??

GauntletWizard 8y ago

It's not unpopular. There's a disconnect: It's a popular opinion, but a silent majority. Voicing that opinion, though, makes you a target. I feel like language is failing me here; What do you call it when the masses are oppressed for fear of speaking out against the powerful and vicious that would suppress them?

s73v3r_ 8y ago

I downvoted it because it had the whole, "Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion..." schtick before stating something that is very obviously a popular opinion here.

btilly 8y ago

The answer to your side note is because people disagree with it. ie It is unpopular. Which undermines your leading point that you think that it isn't unpopular.

seventhtiger 8y ago

Here's a truly unpopular opinion: there is another option. One of the reasons bad free speech is so common on the Internet is because of anonymity. A lot of it like death threats, inciting violence, libel, and more are already illegal. They just cannot be enforced due to anonymity. I would like for speech on the Internet to be just as free as off the Internet, and have the same consequences socially and legally. I'm in support of something like the South Korean solution. Tie online identity to real identity.