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> Deplatforming is a money making strategy (it might succeed or it might fail but the goal is to make money). Is this what free-love 1960s San Francisco has be

> Deplatforming is a money making strategy (it might succeed or it might fail but the goal is to make money). Is this what free-love 1960s San Francisco has been reduced to? Are we at a point where Texans are the new hippies? This is sad. If you want to know why Americans might be angry at Silicon Valley, please look at the callousness of that comment.

yazaddaruvala 6y ago
I’m sorry you feel my comment is callus but that callousness is not mine or my comment’s but that of the society we live. What “ought to happen” and what “is happening” are very different things. My previous comment describes what “is happening”: Companies are trying to make money and are making decisions about how to maximize profit. This is the society we have collectively built! Meanwhile, as a student of Hume I cannot hope to describe what “ought to happen”. I can only speculate that (as I said previously) we need more regulation to ensure everyone is treated “fairly” (whatever ought that might imply). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem
- abernard1 6y ago
  > Meanwhile, as a student of Hume I cannot hope to describe what “ought to happen”. shakes head Well then, frankly, you're autistic. The idea that morality doesn't play a role in Civil Rights, or police violence towards blacks, or BLM/Antifa violence towards basically everyone, or Twitter deplatforming people.... is nonsense. Even the people at Twitter don't believe that quite frankly. Their angry SJW petitions to deplatform weren't laden with "so we can make more money" arguments.
- yazaddaruvala 6y ago
  Hey I can’t vote on your posts and I’m sorry you’ve been downvoted. While I don’t consider it an insult like you seem to, I agree I like to be hyper precise when I can, and this can be off putting to many. I’ll be less precise. I agree with you. All people should be treated fairly! I hope we can soon live in a world that uses “one person one vote” for all societal decisions, that seems most fair to me. However, whatever your politics might be, please understand: A true “one person one vote” does also mean that both the Senate and the Electoral College need to be rectified.

yazaddaruvala 6y ago

I’m sorry you feel my comment is callus but that callousness is not mine or my comment’s but that of the society we live. What “ought to happen” and what “is happening” are very different things. My previous comment describes what “is happening”: Companies are trying to make money and are making decisions about how to maximize profit. This is the society we have collectively built! Meanwhile, as a student of Hume I cannot hope to describe what “ought to happen”. I can only speculate that (as I said previously) we need more regulation to ensure everyone is treated “fairly” (whatever ought that might imply). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem

abernard1 6y ago
> Meanwhile, as a student of Hume I cannot hope to describe what “ought to happen”. shakes head Well then, frankly, you're autistic. The idea that morality doesn't play a role in Civil Rights, or police violence towards blacks, or BLM/Antifa violence towards basically everyone, or Twitter deplatforming people.... is nonsense. Even the people at Twitter don't believe that quite frankly. Their angry SJW petitions to deplatform weren't laden with "so we can make more money" arguments.
yazaddaruvala 6y ago
Hey I can’t vote on your posts and I’m sorry you’ve been downvoted. While I don’t consider it an insult like you seem to, I agree I like to be hyper precise when I can, and this can be off putting to many. I’ll be less precise. I agree with you. All people should be treated fairly! I hope we can soon live in a world that uses “one person one vote” for all societal decisions, that seems most fair to me. However, whatever your politics might be, please understand: A true “one person one vote” does also mean that both the Senate and the Electoral College need to be rectified.