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> In this day and age where all public statements are stored ad eternum, it only takes a change in heart in how free speech is handled for an inoquous statement
by dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
> In this day and age where all public statements are stored ad eternum, it only takes a change in heart in how free speech is handled for an inoquous statement made in the past to serve as an excuse to punish you in the future.
We don't have to refer to the future, this is already happening now if you have conservative views.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y agoTo all downvoters: you actually support my point. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16122171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16122171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11659565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11659565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11762835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11762835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15273629 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15273629
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y agoAnd another one, quite important from the perspective of the whole society, because it actually the shapes the general narrative in the media and the society as a whole ("Scientists discovered that..."): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8780256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8780256
- keiferski 8y agoYou’re not wrong, but this has nothing to do with the parent’s comment. He was saying “in the future” metaphorically, not literally in the future of society.
- FranzFerdiNaN 8y ago"Conservative" views that are punished somehow always end up being racist, sexist, homophobic or some combination of those.
- yourbandsucks 8y agoAccording to whom, though? There are a lot of people out there absolutely chomping at the bit to label things racist or sexist. Outright unambiguous racism is one thing, disagreement with the activists is another.