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This is so vague that it’s impossible to meaningfully engage. What’s a discussion that needs to be had? “Free speech” doesn’t mean freedom from people telling
by darkteflon 5y ago
This is so vague that it’s impossible to meaningfully engage.
What’s a discussion that needs to be had? “Free speech” doesn’t mean freedom from people telling you you’re being juvenile, selfish or paranoid and that we’d like you to do something for the community that supports you.
- RajT88 5y agoI think I get it. I have noticed some commonalities across both liberal and conservative leaning forums. You can get dog piled for saying the wrong thing in polite words. Or using the wrong words. Or the wrong tone. Or sometimes failing to say something in a post. People react less to what you said, but what it sounds like you might be saying, treating it as though you had plainly said that thing. It feels very "Tribalist". The way you speak about things is a shibboleth for the "team" you are on, regardless of what you write. And that is how the community reacts often, regardless of the content of your post. I definitely think internet trolls bear some blame for it, because this is basically communities being on high alert for bad faith actors and becoming more insular as a result.