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Gotta get those virtue signal imaginary internet social points.

by coolso 5y ago

cato_the_elder 5y ago
I think it's not really any kind of virtue that they are signalling, but merely conformism to the moral fashion of the day. This is how they look at free speech: https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 (I agree with them that Github probably shouldn't comply with censorship requests though, if they can)
- tablespoon 5y ago
  > This is how they look at free speech: https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. Also, how exactly did you come to have a six year old reply-tweet to make your comment?
  - cato_the_elder 5y ago
    > Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. Maybe, if you are being very charitable. > Also, how exactly did you come to have a six year old reply-tweet to make your comment? You can search the tweets of a Twitter user by using "from:<username>".
    - tablespoon 5y ago
      >> Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. > Maybe, if you are being very charitable. No, you don't have to be "very charitable." Many if not most of the people who yammer on about free speech tend to be obnoxious for various reasons (e.g. by using "free speech" as justification or defense of personal bad behavior, or responding over and over with the same dogmatic points that everyone has seen a million times). It's a mistake to infer any particular view about free speech itself from annoyance with those types of people.

4 ms·

Gotta get those virtue signal imaginary internet social points.

by coolso 5y ago

Gotta get those virtue signal imaginary internet social points.

cato_the_elder 5y ago
I think it's not really any kind of virtue that they are signalling, but merely conformism to the moral fashion of the day. This is how they look at free speech: https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 (I agree with them that Github probably shouldn't comply with censorship requests though, if they can)
- tablespoon 5y ago
  > This is how they look at free speech: https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 https://twitter.com/nrr/status/627606068546437120 Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. Also, how exactly did you come to have a six year old reply-tweet to make your comment?
  - cato_the_elder 5y ago
    > Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. Maybe, if you are being very charitable. > Also, how exactly did you come to have a six year old reply-tweet to make your comment? You can search the tweets of a Twitter user by using "from:<username>".
    - tablespoon 5y ago
      >> Not necessarily. It's probably more how they view people who yammer on about free speech, which is a totally different thing than free speech itself. > Maybe, if you are being very charitable. No, you don't have to be "very charitable." Many if not most of the people who yammer on about free speech tend to be obnoxious for various reasons (e.g. by using "free speech" as justification or defense of personal bad behavior, or responding over and over with the same dogmatic points that everyone has seen a million times). It's a mistake to infer any particular view about free speech itself from annoyance with those types of people.