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I disagree, I think the main problem is that people use the private company argument as a way to mask their emotion-based reasons for wanting someone deplatform
by colpabar 5y ago
I disagree, I think the main problem is that people use the private company argument as a way to mask their emotion-based reasons for wanting someone deplatformed. My brain translates "it's a private company" into "we should not question the actions of private companies" because they're effectively the same. I'd much rather people just say "this is bad" than hide behind some bs free market argument.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI agree that being private company is a bad defense for a moral attack, because it 1) it is morally irrelevant, and 2) it goes both ways, allowing freedom to censor or not censor. My point is rather that most people don't even bother making a coherent criticism. "This is bad and I think they should update their policy" is a vastly more constructive position than "this is bad"