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At one point Hollywood self censored depictions of same sex couples, transgender folks and even interracial marriages. Is that really the side you want to root
by vorpalhex 5y ago
At one point Hollywood self censored depictions of same sex couples, transgender folks and even interracial marriages.
Is that really the side you want to root for?
Freedom of speech - not only as a legal value but an ethical one - is the only basis on which we can avoid letting a dominant voice shut out unloved truths.
- BrightGlow 5y agoPlease avoid making this argument, it's a false equivalence. Youtube is not self-censoring those things. If you want me to ask a similarly misleading line of questioning based only on trying to draw false equivalence from principles: Currently Youtube is self-censoring porn. Is the side of "youtube should become a porn site" really the side you want to root for?
- vorpalhex 5y agoI think you don't understand what false equivalence is. > False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning. Are you suggesting Youtube, a media company, and Hollywood, a collection of media companies, are somehow not comparable?
- BrightGlow 5y agoNo. I don't want to continue this discussion based on this line of questioning, sorry. Let's be good people and not fight, I'm sure you're a kind soul.