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Wow. So now that I know that mass sociogenic illness is a thing, where do I draw the line in applying that label?
by hanoz 4y ago
Wow. So now that I know that mass sociogenic illness is a thing, where do I draw the line in applying that label?
- lzaaz 4y ago
- maxbond 4y agoIf it's not worth saying, it's not worth vagueposting about either.
- lzaaz 4y agoIt's worth saying but if I say it the comment gets flagged and no one gets to read it.
- maxbond 4y agoI always read flagged comments, and I vouch for them when I feel they've been unfairly flagged (or when they're from banned accounts that are automatically flagged, but the comment is unobjectionable). This is however a tacit admission that what you have to say is against the guidelines of this site and that, were you to let it compete in the market place of ideas, it would be fail completely.
- throwaway27727 4y agoNot all scientific discussion is pleasant to hear, but it would be worth discussing, even if flagged and down voted, rather than "We were always at war with Eurasia".
- lzaaz 4y agoThe fact that an opinion is censored by the means of flagging means that it doesn't have a chance to compete in the "marketplace of ideas".
- maxbond 4y agoNo, that is the idea being assigned a negative value.
- lzaaz 4y agoIf an idea goes against the guidelines of a website that doesn't mean it has a negative value, especially if users aren't allowed to interact with it at all.
- maxbond 4y agoThey did interact with it. They flagged it. People generally don't consult the site's guidelines when flagging, but their own set of values.
- rjbwork 4y agoI read flagged and dead comments. Vagueposting is now getting you flagged and deaded anyway.
- christophilus 4y agoIf it’s not worth vagueposting about, it’s worth tweeting and TikToking about.
- maxbond 4y agoYou are saying, because you are uncomfortable discussing it, no one should discuss it? Feel free to correct me if I'm misreading you, it sounds like you're more or less saying, "things I don't like should go away and stop existing."
- christophilus 4y agoNo, I’m saying: if it’s not worth saying, it’s worthy of Twitter and TikTok.
- dusted 4y agoI agree with your examples, though they cannot be said.. Hopefully in a saner future, it becomes possible to have a debate about that again.
- efkiel 4y agoObviously <OUTGROUP_IDEOLOGY> always was, and always will be a mass sociogenic illness.
- snapcaster 4y agoI do wish <OUTGROUP_IDEOLOGY_MEMBERS> could just be rational for once and stop falling for demagogues and pseudoscience