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There is nothing more than a guarantee against govt action as the framers feared and suffered such action. People have paid the price for speaking (libel, slan
by jleyank 5y ago
There is nothing more than a guarantee against govt action as the framers feared and suffered such action. People have paid the price for speaking (libel, slander, worse) and the right to speak isn’t absolute (fire in theatres, etc). Civility and social norms collapsed years back and blaming a web comic that states things accurately at best is disingenuous. Yes, you will not face govt action, but you have no right to be listened to, hosted or be immune to the consequences of what you say.
- car_analogy 5y ago> comic that states things accurately Not entirely accurately. It pulls a subtle sleight of hand in saying "It's just that the people listening think you're an asshole, and they're showing you the door." It's not actually the people listening showing you the door - it's the owners of the social media in question. But "the people", or small personal websites, are much more sympathetic than multinational behemoths like Facebook or Twitter, with ten to a hundred times more members than most countries have people. But it's not like such a massive difference in size causes a qualitative difference that might merit different treatment..
- jleyank 5y agoWell, in my case I exited Facebook rather than trying to ban every annoyance being put in my feed. Facebook thought it neat to feed me crap, so I took my eyeballs elsewhere. So, I guess we’re both right as I showed Facebook the door after failing to recover my feed.