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Although I suspect people around here hate the word "privilege," I've always thought that the ability to complain about "censoring" deliberate misinformation ca
by virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago
Although I suspect people around here hate the word "privilege," I've always thought that the ability to complain about "censoring" deliberate misinformation campaigns that affect the lives of millions of people is pretty high up there on the privilege ladder. I've seen countless tweets and comments from hackers and neckbeards smugly whining from an ivory (emphasis on ivory) tower about "cancel culture," which I guess is just what they call it when previously marginalized groups take power away from the powerful. It's so easy to be ideologically pure when you and your family are not directly impacted by political results.
- Nasrudith 6y agoPriveledge is hated here because it isn't an argument but an often immutable ad-homenum to shield against arguments that are disliked. To give an example of why it isn't held highly "Pfft only those priveledged enough to not have to worry about starvation can care about democracy". It also a hypercritically in calling them emphasis on "ivory" tower and "neckbeards" - implying both ugliness and not getting out much and then deridding them for being priveledged socially when they are already below the baseline and then dismissing concerns about a /social standing/ issue for double irony. "What do those ugly nerds know about being an outcast?"