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Free speech is a public good in itself. Voltair would not approve of "I might agree with what you're saying but you drew a pepe so you need to be shut down".
by jojobas 6y ago
Free speech is a public good in itself.
Voltair would not approve of "I might agree with what you're saying but you drew a pepe so you need to be shut down".
- ojnabieoot 6y ago“I may disagree with what you say, but I will not write a critical Hacker News comment, since you are a pathological crybaby who interprets any negative remark as an act of censorship.” Nowhere did I say that the app should be “shut down.” I said it shouldn’t be supported.
- jojobas 6y agoWhatever Twitter/Youtube doesn't support is effectively shut down. If nobody supports a p2p project like this than everyone who could use it are shut down.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoThere’s a ton of distance between the Voltaire quote goalposts and the corporate social network deplatforming goalposts. Voltaire wasn’t dying for anyone’s right to post videos on YouTube.
- jojobas 6y agoIn Voltaire's time all one could do is speak at the market square. Today that's roughly equivalent to speaking in a dark room with nobody else inside, I doubt that' what Voltaire was willing to die for.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoRight, he was talking about speaking without fearing punishment by the government. The modern equivalent of which is… speaking without fearing punishment by the government.
- jojobas 6y agoBeing punished by a corporation or a mob is no relief.
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