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This misses the point (that the author of OPs post nailed). It doesn't matter that it doesn't scale. It works, and censorship doesn't. Do you want a (difficult
by NaturalPhallacy 6y ago
This misses the point (that the author of OPs post nailed). It doesn't matter that it doesn't scale. It works, and censorship doesn't.
Do you want a (difficult) method that works (personal involvement and direct conversation), or a simple, easy, lazy one (deplatforming/cancel/censorship) that doesn't?
- yongjik 6y agoCensorship comes with its own problems, but if your position is that it flat out doesn't work, you'd need a more convincing argument. Nazi censored. Stalin censored. Xi censors. Seems hard to explain if censorship doesn't work.
- NaturalPhallacy 6y ago>Nazi censored. Stalin censored. Xi censors. Seems hard to explain if censorship doesn't work. Nazis also killed the speakers. Stalin killed the speakers. Xi kills the speakers. Citing mass genociders as "censorship works" is hilariously bad evidence of censorship working when terminating the speaker most definitely works.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoSure it worked. Using a nuclear warhead works to solve your ant infestation, too. We want something that works and that doesn't have the nasty side-effects. Nazi, Stalin, and Xi's tactics aren't the answer we're looking for.