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I am very much in favor of Free Speech myself. But I think the annoying thing people forget is that it's the job of society to determine what is okay and what i
by JakeTheAndroid 7y ago
I am very much in favor of Free Speech myself. But I think the annoying thing people forget is that it's the job of society to determine what is okay and what isn't. The government isn't supposed to decide our morals, we tell the government what those should be.
Society is deciding that this is not stuff we want. Society is rejecting these ideas, and Facebook or Cloudflare when they dropped the Daily Stormer, etc, are deciding that this isn't what they want as part of their society.
If a bulk of society does want these ideas, these people will move to a new platform that supports them, and people will use them and make the ideas mainstream.
Stop complaining that society is rejecting ideas they don't like. It's literally how it works.
- chasd00 7y agoSociety isn't deciding, Facebook is deciding. I personally think Facebook can do whatever the please with their website. However, if they remove the users they don't like then that implies they approve of the users that remain.
- JakeTheAndroid 7y agoFacebook is deciding because society is pressuring them to decide. Facebook doesn't care about shit, but their bottom line. They have proven that time and time again. This should highlight the social pressures, because they are not legally responsible as far as anyone can tell. Thus, society is deciding.
- beasteurope 7y agoIt's not pressure from society, it's pressure from specific activist groups like the SPLC.
- raarts 7y agoWho themselves have been recently outed for internal rampant racism and sexism.
- kofejnik 7y ago"Society is rejecting these ideas," No it obviously isn't. If it were, there would be no need for bans whatsoever, they would simply have no audience.
- raarts 7y ago> bulk of society does want these ideas This is completely unproven.