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> A list of banned words and opinions will never make the world progressive. Deplatforming people over truly just opinions or mannerisms is a temporary win. Wh
by SomeCallMeTim 6y ago
> A list of banned words and opinions will never make the world progressive. Deplatforming people over truly just opinions or mannerisms is a temporary win.
When people know their opinions are generally considered reprehensible, they hide them. I can agree with that.
But if those opinions are successfully hidden or pushed underground, and the next generation is predominantly exposed to positive values, the world does become more progressive. Individuals change only a small amount, you're right, but society does change for the better over time.
It's when echo-chambers of intolerance exist that attitudes of intolerance and selfishness can be amplified and push the world in the wrong direction.
- jchw 6y agoThe problem to me is that it quickly becomes a game of what seems most progressive optically rather than what is right on a fundamental level. Like, the obvious bits of free speech are not very interesting; it’s the edges of free speech that are what really matter, and these are the things that need the most nuance. Nuance is not what you expect in a social media platform (especially not one aimed at explicitly short form communication only.)