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Who defines unreasonable? Should Newton stop being explained beacause he is flawed? Or do we need a disclaimer in every single video about mechanics? What abo

Who defines unreasonable? Should Newton stop being explained beacause he is flawed? Or do we need a disclaimer in every single video about mechanics? What about photons as small pieces of matter? Ehat about the existence of God?

klyrs 6y ago
Sorry, but Newtonian physics, the particle nature of photons, and the simple existence of god are not examples of intolerance. If censorship on the basis of intolerance is, in fact, a slippery slope that is connected to these benign topics, you'll need to show how they're actually connected Edit: oh, I see. You're one of several responders who have latched onto OC's use of the word "reasonable" and are disengenuously attacking that word outside of the actual context. Excellent example of attacking the weakest form of somebody's argument and applying the slippery-slope fallacy from there. We can do better than this, folks.
latch 6y ago
Well, if you believe in the First Amendment, then Facebook itself gets the freedom to decide what does and doesn't go on its platform. If you want something more generic, you could start with hate speech laws in Australia, Belgium, Canada...Spain, Switzerland, the UK, etc. Or even more generally, the UN's International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. So, there's plenty of established frameworks to base your work off of and they've been around long enough that we can measure what the impact is.
- verdverm 6y ago
  Facebook could be considered a public square, where they would be required to protect it's users free speech and lose their own ability to censor by choice. This would be similar to the central area of a mall or when companies provided housing to workers to prevent unionization efforts. Both places were upheld as places where the First Amendment must be upheld, despite private ownership.
- cm2187 6y ago
  Having the right to do something doesn’t make it a good idea. The issue here isn’t about Facebook having the right to do it.
  - latch 6y ago
    The question was: "Who defines unreasonable"? As a matter of fact, the answer is: Facebook. That _does_ seem like the issue to me. I think that you're moving the goalpost from "who decides" to "is it a good idea". To which I've already answered: yes, it has a proven track record.

klyrs 6y ago

Sorry, but Newtonian physics, the particle nature of photons, and the simple existence of god are not examples of intolerance. If censorship on the basis of intolerance is, in fact, a slippery slope that is connected to these benign topics, you'll need to show how they're actually connected Edit: oh, I see. You're one of several responders who have latched onto OC's use of the word "reasonable" and are disengenuously attacking that word outside of the actual context. Excellent example of attacking the weakest form of somebody's argument and applying the slippery-slope fallacy from there. We can do better than this, folks.

latch 6y ago

Well, if you believe in the First Amendment, then Facebook itself gets the freedom to decide what does and doesn't go on its platform. If you want something more generic, you could start with hate speech laws in Australia, Belgium, Canada...Spain, Switzerland, the UK, etc. Or even more generally, the UN's International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. So, there's plenty of established frameworks to base your work off of and they've been around long enough that we can measure what the impact is.

verdverm 6y ago
Facebook could be considered a public square, where they would be required to protect it's users free speech and lose their own ability to censor by choice. This would be similar to the central area of a mall or when companies provided housing to workers to prevent unionization efforts. Both places were upheld as places where the First Amendment must be upheld, despite private ownership.
cm2187 6y ago
Having the right to do something doesn’t make it a good idea. The issue here isn’t about Facebook having the right to do it.
- latch 6y ago
  The question was: "Who defines unreasonable"? As a matter of fact, the answer is: Facebook. That _does_ seem like the issue to me. I think that you're moving the goalpost from "who decides" to "is it a good idea". To which I've already answered: yes, it has a proven track record.