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I am not from the U.S.A.. I merely noticed that much of the censorship and cultural policing on large platforms such as GitHub, or even the new Linux code of c

I am not from the U.S.A.. I merely noticed that much of the censorship and cultural policing on large platforms such as GitHub, or even the new Linux code of conduct seems to be mostly applicable to situations that pertain to the U.S.A. exclusively.

kergonath 6y ago
Yes. And it’s beyond ridiculous when these are imported and translated literally to be used as propaganda tools in countries with very different issues. Like the European ramifications of Qanon or some versions of identity politics...
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  Or, of course, how with Google AdSense the entire world must live under the U.S.A.'s notedly quaint aversion to nudity, because allowing it on a website will severely reduce advertisement revenue. It's quite interesting how many international websites would forbid me from posting scenes from Dutch television programming because the adult U.S.A.-man is apparently more damaged by nudity than the præpubertal Dutchman.
  - kergonath 6y ago
    Yes, that as well, along with the fetishisation of violence. Even more horrifying is how this is being internalised as “how we should behave” in non-US countries.
- emteycz 6y ago
  I don't know what about QAnon do you mean. It was a serious problem here. It's not even about the topic itself, it's about the comments under the posts. https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/pro-trump-anti-covid-19-restriction-rally-takes-place-in-central-prague https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/pro-trump-anti-covi...
  - kergonath 6y ago
    This sort of things, for example. I am more familiar with the UK, France, and Germany, but your example is on point. I suspect at the beginning there is a kind of identification and a contrarian reflex (“you won’t prevent me from speaking so I will say the vilest things just to test how far you’ll bend”). But people doing that end up taking it seriously after having steeped in it for a couple of years. Still, surely they realise that the people they support don’t care a bit about them and live on the other side of the world.

kergonath 6y ago

Yes. And it’s beyond ridiculous when these are imported and translated literally to be used as propaganda tools in countries with very different issues. Like the European ramifications of Qanon or some versions of identity politics...

Blikkentrekker 6y ago
Or, of course, how with Google AdSense the entire world must live under the U.S.A.'s notedly quaint aversion to nudity, because allowing it on a website will severely reduce advertisement revenue. It's quite interesting how many international websites would forbid me from posting scenes from Dutch television programming because the adult U.S.A.-man is apparently more damaged by nudity than the præpubertal Dutchman.
- kergonath 6y ago
  Yes, that as well, along with the fetishisation of violence. Even more horrifying is how this is being internalised as “how we should behave” in non-US countries.
emteycz 6y ago
I don't know what about QAnon do you mean. It was a serious problem here. It's not even about the topic itself, it's about the comments under the posts. https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/pro-trump-anti-covid-19-restriction-rally-takes-place-in-central-prague https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/pro-trump-anti-covi...
- kergonath 6y ago
  This sort of things, for example. I am more familiar with the UK, France, and Germany, but your example is on point. I suspect at the beginning there is a kind of identification and a contrarian reflex (“you won’t prevent me from speaking so I will say the vilest things just to test how far you’ll bend”). But people doing that end up taking it seriously after having steeped in it for a couple of years. Still, surely they realise that the people they support don’t care a bit about them and live on the other side of the world.