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It’s almost like there are some behaviors we collectively won’t tolerate and if you engage in them people will pull out all the stops to bring you down. Act li

It’s almost like there are some behaviors we collectively won’t tolerate and if you engage in them people will pull out all the stops to bring you down. Act like an asshole and you end up getting taken down. Who could have guessed?

phillipcarter 4y ago
> Act like an asshole and you end up getting taken down. Who could have guessed? Ah, but you see, there's a lot of right-wing HN posters here who disagree with this. They believe that acting terrible should be free from all consequences, social or legal, because ... well, I won't speculate.
- originalvichy 4y ago
  They might have lived a life in which they have never had to feel real fear of targeted harassment online?
- birdboy2000 4y ago
  Hard to think of that many positions more right-wing than "corporate monopolies should be able to disappear anything you say on a whim with no safeguards" but that's the one you're endorsing. Would it kill you to have any sort of critical analysis of power for once in your life? KF are scum but they're far from the only scum in this fight, and others are infinitely more dangerous
  - phillipcarter 4y ago
    > Would it kill you to have any sort of critical analysis of power for once in your life? You seem angry. Have you considered addressing that?
    - birdboy2000 4y ago
      would be nice to have somewhere to blow off steam but the internet is down to like four or five active sites now and none of them are fun (KF wasn't either, mind)
concordDance 4y ago
This argument is too general. "Majority dislike what you do (even if not illegal) -> can pull out all stops to bring you down" is a very bad principle. Just look at the treatment of gay people in the 50s. Asshole is also pretty subjective.
neonsunset 4y ago
That's a bold claim to make that angry twitter mob is a majority. Keep in mind, the deplatforming you're celebrating today might have people you like at the receiving end tomorrow.
proffeatur8 4y ago

phillipcarter 4y ago

> Act like an asshole and you end up getting taken down. Who could have guessed? Ah, but you see, there's a lot of right-wing HN posters here who disagree with this. They believe that acting terrible should be free from all consequences, social or legal, because ... well, I won't speculate.

originalvichy 4y ago
They might have lived a life in which they have never had to feel real fear of targeted harassment online?
birdboy2000 4y ago
Hard to think of that many positions more right-wing than "corporate monopolies should be able to disappear anything you say on a whim with no safeguards" but that's the one you're endorsing. Would it kill you to have any sort of critical analysis of power for once in your life? KF are scum but they're far from the only scum in this fight, and others are infinitely more dangerous
- phillipcarter 4y ago
  > Would it kill you to have any sort of critical analysis of power for once in your life? You seem angry. Have you considered addressing that?
  - birdboy2000 4y ago
    would be nice to have somewhere to blow off steam but the internet is down to like four or five active sites now and none of them are fun (KF wasn't either, mind)

concordDance 4y ago

This argument is too general. "Majority dislike what you do (even if not illegal) -> can pull out all stops to bring you down" is a very bad principle. Just look at the treatment of gay people in the 50s. Asshole is also pretty subjective.

neonsunset 4y ago

That's a bold claim to make that angry twitter mob is a majority. Keep in mind, the deplatforming you're celebrating today might have people you like at the receiving end tomorrow.

proffeatur8 4y ago