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We don't ban books anymore. We ban tweets, or Facebook posts, or other social media contributions. The drive to censor remains.
by hereforphone 5y ago
We don't ban books anymore. We ban tweets, or Facebook posts, or other social media contributions. The drive to censor remains.
- avereveard 5y agowe do worse than that nowadays, instead of censoring the offending text we censor the person whole
- rataata_jr 5y agoSlightly different. Blasphemers used to be executed back then, now you lose your job, ability to bank, go out in public etc. Slight improvement?
- hereforphone 5y agoBlasphemers are still executed, it's just politically incorrect to criticize the countries it happens in.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 5y agoIt is going to sound sad, but that is because reading books is not a mainstream time sink. Now, FB and Twitter? So many things to get upset about in real time.
- pstuart 5y agoIt's at the discretion of the platform. Why don't you test the limits of HN? At a certain point you will be "censored" here. And if that happens is it because dang hate's your freedom or you've pushed the limits of tolerable behavior?
- hereforphone 5y agoPushing the "limits of tolerable behavior" are why the books were band as well.
- pstuart 5y agoThere's a vast difference between acceptable behavior for guests and making something illegal. HN is a forum where we are the guests of pg, dang, et al. They have rules for behavior -- https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Not abiding by these rules can get you banned. Are you going to complain about that? Are your rights being trampled on? edit: p.s., it's "banned", not "band"