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Let’s call it what it is: censorship. They’re obscuring censorship under the moral imperative of silencing the racism boogeyman.
by jimbob45 6y ago
Let’s call it what it is: censorship. They’re obscuring censorship under the moral imperative of silencing the racism boogeyman.
- weare138 6y agoObvious trolling and/or racist comments get moderated on HN too, what's the difference?
- non-entity 6y agoNothing, they'll call that censorship too.
- weare138 6y agoTrue. You'd think I would have learned by now. You can't have a logical discussion about illogical views.
- jimbob45 6y agoThey don’t get removed though. You can still read them.
- weare138 6y agoIf you have the option set sure, but they still get flagged and removed from the thread. I just don't see how moderating comments would be considered 'censorship'. Just go post that crap on your own subreddit. If someone is purposefully highjacking a thread to derail it with off-topic comments then they would be the one attempting to suppress someones else's opinion. If the party in question is already acting in bad faith, I don't see how an argument could be made in their favor.
- happytoexplain 6y ago"Boogeyman" is a term used for things that don't exist.
- perl4ever 6y agoWhat if people all over the world could teleport to your living room and write rude things on the walls if they felt like it? Preventing them would be censorship too. Nobody is consistently against censorship in the broad sense you use the term. You'd have to be against all boundaries, and all territory. Nobody is like that, if only because they believe in their own.
- somishere 6y agoshould locking up a corner store past 9pm in a rough neighbourhood be considered violence / burglary censorship?