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Ridiculous. Galileo was persecuted and could have been killed for his "crimes." That is not comparable to Twitter refusing to allow your content on its platfo
by JohnBooty 6y ago
Ridiculous.
Galileo was persecuted and could have been killed for his "crimes."
That is not comparable to Twitter refusing to allow your content on its platform. It is not "silencing" when you can publish it elsewhere or make your own platform.
It is of course dangerous and fallacious to automatically assume the majority is correct, But it is even more absurd to assume an idea is correct because it exists in the margins.
- Lots of folks said it was absurd that there were canals on Mars, presumably populated by little green men.
- The vast majority of people mock the idea of a "Flat Earth"
- The majority of people think the antivax movement is dangerous and dumb
- Anybody with even a minimal science background understands that a perpetual motion machine is impossible, and that anybody who thinks they've created one is delusional or fraudulent.
- etc. etc. etc.
I feel pretty confident I'm on the right side of history. At least as far as those examples go.