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I got censored here (relatively recently compared to posting time) for saying this is biased & wrong[1]. I said this kind of accusation gets posted in big bold
by rektide 5y ago
I got censored here (relatively recently compared to posting time) for saying this is biased & wrong[1]. I said this kind of accusation gets posted in big bold marquee text regularly, & most of it I find to be incredibly low quality muckraking dross. From my perspective, that is the view that seems unacceptable & not permitted today: the push back that right leaning people most-often deserve it, that the content is low quality & incendiary & inflammatory & blown out of proportion. What do we do if content doesn't deserve attention, and is frequently flagrant disinformation?
I wouldn't assert this absolutely, but I see a lot of super strong downvoting & protest when the right/conservatives get push back. I see very few things that seem to offer meaningful support, from my perspective, to this aggrieved, forlorn, downtrodden view. But I see a lot of posts get downvoted quickly, and/or flagged, when they question these points of view that the right gets censored/muted. The irony seems double, to me.
Claiming you are being censored, then censoring all protest/counter-argument/discussion is about as vicious & underhanded & anti-democratic as it gets. I'm willing to be open to the idea that perhaps perhaps perhaps there's some unfavorable bias out there, but when the push back is so universally censored, well: it all feels vastly more disingenuous & unprincipled & unbelievable in extreme. It feels far more like a pariah complex, a desire to feel downtrodden.
I don't see the people who claim their side is being hurt as willing to fight fair, willing to build their case: I see them as holding a grudge, grinding their axes, holding everyone who doesn't agree with them as the enemy. I don't think society, right now, suppresses this anti-social behavior, hardly at all, but I think this pariah complex is strong, & when these people do after miles & miles of running tread too far over the line into illegal or deeply disinformation territory, they crow about injustice. Trying to figure out how we encompass & allow the anti-civil is a hard challenge, and one I think we've been very kind about permitting, so far. I hate hate hate that we're starting to turn against this, starting to demand harsher systems, but there's a big stir now, intransigency is growing both ways with President #44 saying we need to contain this rabble ("pick a side"), and the future looks bleak if both sides just escalate escalate escalate.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31163649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31163649