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> ..cancel culture incites a mob to promote digital violence.. ah yes definitely much worse than inciting _actual_ mobs to promote _actual_ violence.
by polemic 6y ago
> ..cancel culture incites a mob to promote digital violence..
ah yes definitely much worse than inciting _actual_ mobs to promote _actual_ violence.
- rasengan 6y agoThe fact that the US can’t protect some of its most important buildings definitely brings some question to play. They let riots happen all year and it culminated in a riot in DC. Pay attention to Assange. This is what this all comes down to - PizzaGate.
- mensetmanusman 6y agofacebook hosted the New Zealand mosque shooting... live
- kube-system 6y agoNot knowingly. That’s the difference. Facebook had zero hesitation to remove that stuff once they knew about it.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoFacebook acknowledges that it is impossible to police their system because it is so large. Ergo, the supposed intention is probably manifestly meaningless. For example, you can point to the use of Facebook as a tool of genocide in Myanmar. Facebook will not, and probably cannot do anything about that beyond removing their service.
- Number157 6y agoTime to cancel Twitter, Facebook and Reddit then. Oh but they only incite violence against the right groups. All good then. Great system.
- polemic 6y agoIs it hard living on the wrong side of Popper's paradox?