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This advice works great if a person is in a majority. The problem happens when a person is in a minority. Imagine if in America in the 1910's a person has a re
by abj 8y ago
This advice works great if a person is in a majority. The problem happens when a person is in a minority.
Imagine if in America in the 1910's a person has a reasonable dissenting opinion like, "I think all citizens should have equal civil rights." If I was there I would be hesitant to attach to this opinion to my public identify. Especially if my employment relied on me voicing an opinion in agreement with the majority.
This seems to have a chilling effect that prevents anyone from voicing an opinion that is not already close to being in the majority.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> This advice works great if a person is in a majority I think you mean “group with dominant social power”; that's often confused with majority because of the predominant pattern of race/ethnic/religious (but not economic class) oppression in Western Europe and North America, but consider apartheid South Africa.
- abj 8y agoThat's a great point. It makes more sense to use "group with dominant social power" instead.
- VikingCoder 8y agoI think everyone here is misinterpreting what I meant, and I take full responsibility for that. I think we thought of computers and the internet as our allies in privacy. They are not. They are our enemies. I think we should stop trusting computers, any computers, as much as we possibly can. Especially if you're in a minority that your government may try to punish or control.