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How deeply narcissistic arrogant and authoritarian one should be to promote the normalization of any kind of censoring?
by sebastianconcpt 4y ago
How deeply narcissistic arrogant and authoritarian one should be to promote the normalization of any kind of censoring?
- haunter 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Holocaust_denial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Holocaust_denial Do you think these countries are "deeply narcissistic arrogant and authoritarian"? I don't think so
- ellopoppit 4y agoYes, those countries indeed have a history rich with arrogant authoritarianism. Those laws are a literal recognition of that fact.
- jodrellblank 4y agoHow deeply narcissistic arrogant and selfish one should be to see all the harm that comes from a free-for-all and still promote a free-for-all because you think you'll be one of the winners and other people's suffering doesn't matter?
- ellopoppit 4y agoHiding from reality via censorship sets one up for even greater harm and suffering, because they never have a chance to build up their mental strength and armor that they will need in the real world. Like never letting your child ever ride a bike without training wheels. It's a form of agoraphobia. Kevin Hart talks about the fact that no one can insult or harm him with words because of the initiative gauntlet he went through to become a comedian.
- jodrellblank 4y agoMore like never letting your child ride a bike with training wheels because falling off builds character, and when they grow up they're bound to be falling off a lot and need the callouses to protect them. Did your parents skip your childhood vaccinations on the grounds that a bout of polio or tetanus builds physical strength? Or did they prefer a more gentle introduction to let your immune system become accustomed in a protected, simplified, environment?
- sebastianconcpt 4y agoNote that, that unfounded accusation of indifference (and the rest of the unfounded accusations) to other's people suffering comes with the additional layer of arrogance of taking as granted that censorship is a valid solution that will not have consequences even worst than the original problem. It's like putting the most incompetent engineers in charge of architectural decisions in a system design and giving for granted that a service that is scaling fast and adding features to it will deliver 99.9999% uptime. No.
- jodrellblank 4y agoNote that, that unfounded accusation of arrogance and authortarianism and narcissism comes with the additional layer of arrogance of taking as granted that censorship is bad and avoiding it will not have consequences even worse than doing it. Society puts/accepts restrictions on citizens behaviour for the wider good of society. Exactly which restrictions, on whom, and when, are always a matter of negotiation and shifting priorities. The classic example being someone shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire. Banning someone from your theater for doing that for a laugh is not narcissistic or arrogant, and only authoritarian in a pretty reasonable sense.
- sebastianconcpt 4y agoOf course is not. The statist legislative regulation of speech in a whole country is a completely different proposal than fairly punishing privately the conduct of one individual that lies or perpetrated calumny. Don't you agree?