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I read this as /s but it looks like: a) I'm wrong and this is literal b) The crowd is wrong
by el_dev_hell 7y ago
I read this as /s but it looks like:
a) I'm wrong and this is literal
b) The crowd is wrong
- journalctl 7y agoI was being mildly sarcastic to make a point, which is: telling people to police their speech and to make sure they don’t say anything they might regret isn’t a workable solution, because it’s impossible to predict the future. And in the court of public opinion, it doesn’t matter if you’ve since changed your mind five, ten, 20, 30+ years later, people will still judge you for the tiniest sin. "Be careful what you say" is a lazy cop-out, honestly.
- 4ec0755f5522 7y agoAlso, laws change, governments change, social mores change. What is safe or acceptable to say today may not be so years from now.