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I remember HN getting up in arms about free speech when porn was banned from some sites, and a few years earlier when rape fantasy was banned from another (sorr
by DougN7 7y ago
I remember HN getting up in arms about free speech when porn was banned from some sites, and a few years earlier when rape fantasy was banned from another (sorry, poor memory so I don’t remember more details). But banning pro-Trump is fine. Where are the SJWs now? Trump is an idiot, but this reveals some true bias in this (HN) community. It’s disappointing.
- eesmith 7y ago"Where are the SJWs now?" ?? Pardon? Usually the complaint is about SJWs who point out that a site should be free to set their own policies and decide to ban porn, rape fantasies, and white supremacist beliefs. They then get chastised for being "politically correct" and wanting to "censor". Opposing that SJW belief are the free speech absolutists who insist that no site should set policies restricting comment practices. Which appears to be the policy you think should happen.
- DougN7 7y agoOK, let's test this. This site banning pro-abortion would be OK? My point is the left is fine banning the right on moral grounds, but if the right bans the left then it's bigotry, free speech suppression, and a different set of morals. Of course the inverse is also true (right gladly bans the left). It's all hypocrisy - that's what I'm calling out.
- eesmith 7y agoYes. Completely okay. That's completely in line with my opinion that the organizers of a site have the freedom to associate with whomever they wish - and reject whom they don't wish. Why's that a problem? And, most assuredly, I am on the left. Edit: and an example comment of mine from 2 years ago where I assert that the right to reject people/speech from a private group is just as important as the right to free speech https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15420491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15420491 .