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Yeah, it's not like you can lose your domains, get kicked off of the vast majority of web hosts and demoted in google search just for having the wrong opinions

by chmln 8y ago

rchaud 8y ago
This sort of victim mentality isn't helpful for you or your "cause". The only people it helps are the shysters who'll tell you these problems are created by the cultural marxist global elite or whatever, while shaking their e-tip jar. Isn't it usually the "free speech" crew telling others that they don't know what 'real oppression' is? Try running a website in China critical of government policy and see where that gets you. The world wasn't created to serve you personally. If you have visions of running the next Stormfront, don't act shocked if Cloudflare and your web host stop playing ball sometime down the line. Neither of those are necessary to run a functioning website. As a recent meme put it, 'learn to code'.
- chmln 8y ago
  I don't have a "cause". Are you trying to argue that Twitter, Facebook, and Google are apolitical? > Try running a website in China critical of government policy and see where that gets you Someone has it worse, so we shouldn't try to be better? ISIS throws gay people off of rooftops. Does that make jailing them in the US okay, because it's not as bad? > The world wasn't created to serve you personally. If you have visions of running the next Stormfront, don't act shocked if Cloudflare and your web host stop playing ball sometime down the line. Allowing domain registrars and hosting providers to arbitrarily take down websites based on political viewpoints is a horrific overreach. Don't act shocked when tomorrow it will be your opinion that's deemed "incorrect" and you're booted off the web for your perfectly legal libertarian blog
- wolfgang42 8y ago
  Just because people in China have it worse doesn't mean we shouldn't be thinking about who can control what we see. And a dismissive 'learn to code' isn't a helpful rebuttal against losing a domain or dropping in search results, either.

Yeah, it's not like you can lose your domains, get kicked off of the vast majority of web hosts and demoted in google search just for having the wrong opinions

by chmln 8y ago

Yeah, it's not like you can lose your domains, get kicked off of the vast majority of web hosts and demoted in google search just for having the wrong opinions

rchaud 8y ago

This sort of victim mentality isn't helpful for you or your "cause". The only people it helps are the shysters who'll tell you these problems are created by the cultural marxist global elite or whatever, while shaking their e-tip jar. Isn't it usually the "free speech" crew telling others that they don't know what 'real oppression' is? Try running a website in China critical of government policy and see where that gets you. The world wasn't created to serve you personally. If you have visions of running the next Stormfront, don't act shocked if Cloudflare and your web host stop playing ball sometime down the line. Neither of those are necessary to run a functioning website. As a recent meme put it, 'learn to code'.

chmln 8y ago
I don't have a "cause". Are you trying to argue that Twitter, Facebook, and Google are apolitical? > Try running a website in China critical of government policy and see where that gets you Someone has it worse, so we shouldn't try to be better? ISIS throws gay people off of rooftops. Does that make jailing them in the US okay, because it's not as bad? > The world wasn't created to serve you personally. If you have visions of running the next Stormfront, don't act shocked if Cloudflare and your web host stop playing ball sometime down the line. Allowing domain registrars and hosting providers to arbitrarily take down websites based on political viewpoints is a horrific overreach. Don't act shocked when tomorrow it will be your opinion that's deemed "incorrect" and you're booted off the web for your perfectly legal libertarian blog
wolfgang42 8y ago
Just because people in China have it worse doesn't mean we shouldn't be thinking about who can control what we see. And a dismissive 'learn to code' isn't a helpful rebuttal against losing a domain or dropping in search results, either.