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I agree. The article's key takeaway is that "Mute buttons in any form should raise red flags".
by joelx 7y ago
I agree. The article's key takeaway is that "Mute buttons in any form should raise red flags".
- pjc50 7y agoMute buttons and blocks are a survival technique for some people.
- Aloha 7y agoSurvival from what - or in what way? Ignoring a bad idea does not make it go away.
- beat 7y agoSome people face challenges to their very right to exist online. Muting the people who say such things is easier than fighting or coping. Look up spoon theory for a practical explanation.
- Aloha 7y agoI'm an overweight gay male probably on the autism spectrum with learning disabilities, I don't really like effectively being lectured on my privilege. You'll never change the conversation if you don't engage with it - its perfectly fine to step away from time to time, but unplugging and living in your own reality serves no one.
- beat 7y agoI'm not trying to lecture you or tell you what to do. I'm saying this is why some people do what they do. If you're saying that people who feel a need to block threatening voices shouldn't do so, who's lecturing, exactly?
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- nikodunk 7y agoRead further down though! He gets to the self-cleaning of the marketplace through "Gauntlets" – that unpopular opinions will be attacked, but if there's truth to them and they stand, they'll eventually be accepted and become mainstream (ex: "smoking causes cancer" from 1940 -> 1960) The cigarette story is a story of the MPI doing its job. It’s a story of a needle of truth rising up from a haystack on the fringes of the big brain’s consciousness and piercing its way through a century-long barrage of gauntlet attacks until it had conquered the Thought Pile mountain and become the mainstream, status quo viewpoint.
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