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People always trot out that line. And it’s always the same people who have plenty of disdain for the rights of private businesses in every other context. Do you
by anonunivgrad 6y ago
People always trot out that line. And it’s always the same people who have plenty of disdain for the rights of private businesses in every other context. Do you think that private businesses should be allowed to discriminate on racial grounds, religious grounds, sexual grounds? Do you think businesses have the right to run their workplace however they want, including encouraging sexist and racist jokes? Be consistent.
This is such a low effort take, such obviously motivated reasoning, that wouldn’t deserve response but for being so prevalent as a way for otherwise thoughtful people to stop thinking and not confront the hypocrisy of supporting mass corporate censorship because it supports their favorite political party.
Which is not to say there’s not a nuanced argument to be had, but your one-dimensional argument isn’t that.
- shortformblog 6y agoPeople trot out this line … because it’s literally how it works in the real world, buddy. If you create a disturbance inside of a coffee shop, you will be kicked out, because the owner has the right to do so as the owner of private property. But if you do it outside, you’re fine. Sometimes it’s not a low-effort take … but simply reflective of the way legal precedent works.
- anonunivgrad 6y agoI’m not your “buddy” and you didn’t respond to anything I said except with an irrelevant analogy. Like I point out, society imposes plenty of restrictions on private businesses. You don’t actually control who gets to sit at your restaurant’s lunch counter.
- shortformblog 6y agoPhysical world regulations match the digital world unless laws state otherwise.
- anonunivgrad 6y agoThat’s what this whole argument is about, what the law should be.
- shortformblog 6y agoYou have an uphill battle facing you if you think you’re going to strip businesses of the right to manage how they serve their own customers. Instead of focusing on trying to prevent social networks from moderating their platforms so that they’re safe, you should instead work to strengthen open protocols so that they work better and offer better alternatives to what already exists. I think the reason there’s always resistance to these complaints is because when it comes down to it, people want to be able to experience the internet in a safe environment, and preventing networks from moderating that experience limits that possibility.