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And it's your right to think that. But it's my right to think that containing the degree that people can be assholes makes for a better internet and a better wo
by robbrown451 5y ago
And it's your right to think that. But it's my right to think that containing the degree that people can be assholes makes for a better internet and a better world.
In the physical world, if people act badly enough, there will tend to be physical consequences. If someone goes up to a grandmother or little girl or whoever, and starts berating them with vile or threatening speech, they do so at the risk of finding themselves bloodied or worse. Everyone knows this can happen, and unless they are mentally ill, tend to learn at an early age to curtail such behavior behavior before something bad happens to them.
All this has had thousands of years to evolve to the current state, where in most places (at least in the first world), interacting with people in public places is generally pleasant and non-confrontational.
But online, it isn't that way. When there are zero repercussions, things become very unpleasant for all but... well, those assholes.
I get that you prefer such a world, but I don't. How do we work that out? Do we all adopt your way, simply because.... I dunno, I guess because that's what you want?