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the problem with censorship is that it only capable of censoring unpopular ideas and unpopular ideas are generally not a problem. the problem ideas are the popu
by benmmurphy 6y ago
the problem with censorship is that it only capable of censoring unpopular ideas and unpopular ideas are generally not a problem. the problem ideas are the popular memeplexes that propagate the meme that all opposing ideas should be censored.
- krapp 6y ago>The problem ideas are the popular memeplexes that propagate the meme that all opposing ideas should be censored. No one is arguing this. This is a strawman position no one actually holds.
- ryathal 6y agoThe celebration in banning Stormfront, Alex Jones, or The_Donald would indicate otherwise to me.
- JAlexoid 6y agoThe issue with all of those instances is that the people behind the services - could not stay associated with these elements. Enforced tolerance is the only thing that is keeping really bad people comfortable at expressing their badness. (Suprisingly - the anti-discrimination applied to private businesses is the reason why people like Alex Jones can safely say whatever he wants and then get a free upgrade at Ramada)