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Please don't turn this into a political purity thing. As far as I'm aware, the only people who've faced consequences are people who have owned and run domain n
by davewritescode 5y ago
Please don't turn this into a political purity thing. As far as I'm aware, the only people who've faced consequences are people who have owned and run domain names that are inexcusably terrible. I'm no believer in cancel culture, particularly the aspects that get people punished for things they've posted online as teenagers and young adults. But that's entirely different that running a website for holocaust deniers and racists. An employer has a right to fire someone like that.
The right wing of this country has really confused freedom of speech with freedom from consequence. In addition to freedom of speech, the constitution provides for freedom of association, i.e. the right to associate or disassociate with groups or people.
The problem is that 15 years ago, most companies and people didn't pay as much attention to social media as they do today.