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Do you need a precise definition to know that a lunatic who incites harassment and death threats toward shooting victims is on the wrong side of the line?
by mikeash 8y ago
Do you need a precise definition to know that a lunatic who incites harassment and death threats toward shooting victims is on the wrong side of the line?
- mc32 8y agoI do think they need to be more precise. And they need to address both sides, both extreme right and extreme left conspiracists who incite violence. But the current language is very vague and only emboldens people seeking censorship and coddling.
- Brockenstein 8y ago> And they need to address both sides, both extreme right and extreme left conspiracists who incite violence. Who says they don't? Every time a right wing nut gets chopped you need an equivalent pound of flesh from the left? This just seems like whataboutism to me. >But the current language is very vague and only emboldens people seeking censorship and coddling. People always seek whatever they want, it doesn't mean they will get it. Sort of like how you're seeking absolute fairness in equality in corporate censorship. Good luck...
- mc32 8y agoIts not whataboutism. If police in some latam country mostly gets its “mordidas” from foreign tourists, and complaining it mostly happens to tourists is not whataboutism toward the locals.
- mikeash 8y agoI think they should come up with a precise definition, but that’s hard and I see no reason to wait for that when presented with someone who obviously crosses the line. This feels like yet another instance of programmers applying a programming mindset to human problems. When presented with an instance of a problem, we want to solve the general case. That’s fine for code but often falls flat for people. If somebody is doing something terribly wrong, it’s ok to look at the individual case while you figure out how to handle it in general.