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I don't think you understand what people mean when they say less ideological. For example, would you call it ideological that the government does not arrest pe
by stale2002 5y ago
I don't think you understand what people mean when they say less ideological.
For example, would you call it ideological that the government does not arrest people for criticizing it?
Imagine if we compare 2 governments, 1 which arrests people for criticizing it, and another that doesn't. In the context of this comparison, the one that censors less people, most would call less ideological.
By ideological, people usually are talking about enforced ideology. So if you censor more people, then that is enforcing your ideology more, and if you have less censorship then that is less enforcement of ideology.
- beaconstudios 5y agopeople call things less ideological when they agree with them more, that's all - if your views are unexamined then they look like a natural or intuitive position. The idea that freedom primarily exists as a lack of compulsion is libertarian or neoliberal ideology. Your total freedom from censorship is somebody else's freedom to harass and send death threats - obviously the line has to be drawn somewhere or twitter devolves into 8chan, and oftentimes people call for a nebulous "free speech" or "anti-censorship" instead of specifying what particular speech is being censored that they think is legitimate. Moderation is essential on the internet. If people think something is being censored and it shouldn't be, they should point to specific examples.
- educaysean 5y ago> principles of open and free discourses with less moderation That is an ideology > For example, would you call it ideological that the government does not arrest people for criticizing it? Um, yes
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- johnny22 5y agono, they are just different ideologies, one in which you prefer more than the other.