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In my experience this seems to be the case for practically everyone who crows about free speech on the internet. It's kinda fucked up how the right has managed
by p1necone 4y ago
In my experience this seems to be the case for practically everyone who crows about free speech on the internet.
It's kinda fucked up how the right has managed to "boy who cried wolf" discussion of personal freedom and free speech from important parts of modern democracy into massive red flags in conversation with others.
- btilly 4y agoIt is also fucked up how the left manages to convert all conversation about its censorship into whataboutism about the terrible things that the right has said. All I want is a discussion platform without left-wing censorship, but with fact checks on right-wing conspiracy theories. Where controversial things can be discussed. Like how stupid it is that California policies in favor of racial equity helped keep 3/4 of COVID vaccines received in January of 2021 from going in ANYONE's arm. See https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-story-of-vaccinateca/ https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-story-of-vaccinatec... if that tidbit surprises you. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently so...
- saboot 4y agoYour first sentence is a whataboutism, that ends in criticizing the left about whataboutism.
- btilly 4y agoThere is plenty of blame to go around on both extremes. I also accused the right of conspiracy theories, then pointed to specific liberal policies that killed people in the name of racial equity. I believe that these things are important to talk about. But people are so focused on slotting others into preconceived sides that they refuse to even talk about what it might mean to have a space where these conversations could be had.