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It's not about the impact. It's about what's socially acceptable behavior. It's the same reason we get angry at people for saying racist crap even though we b
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
It's not about the impact. It's about what's socially acceptable behavior.
It's the same reason we get angry at people for saying racist crap even though we believe in freedom of speech.
- TameAntelope 6y agoWhat’s the alternative, that eBay is forced to sell things they don’t believe are in their best interests to list?
- therealjumbo 6y agoNo, the alternative is that the execs at ebay grow a spine and tell the morality censors to go pound sand. Not that complicated.
- TameAntelope 6y agoI think it's good you're correctly identifying the group actually making the decision, rather than vaguely blaming "Twitter" or even more broad, "cancel culture". I wish more folks understood it's the companies themselves who are overreacting. Trying to fix people on the Internet is an unsolvable problem. Demonstrating to companies that outrage is almost always temporary and not business-impacting seems achievable.
- djoldman 6y agoI might get angry but I'm fine with the laws that allow them to say it. I'm also fine with the laws that say that eBay can ban whatever products they want from their platform. People are free to be mad at eBay for removing the books from their platform and eBay will take some hit for it. I suspect that they think the pros outweigh the cons with this decision, however it was calculated. This is just business as usual.