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You're intentionally muddying the waters by conflating common-sense rules like "you can't say the-n-word", with the kind of political moderation that's problema
by marcusverus 4y ago
You're intentionally muddying the waters by conflating common-sense rules like "you can't say the-n-word", with the kind of political moderation that's problematic ("you can't share articles about lab leak theory").
If speech is political enough that you're not sure if it's political, it's political.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoI mean first off you don't have any particularly privileged insight into my intentions so let's just stick to what I am saying here today alright? But that said, "muddying the waters" is a particular view of it but yes I am pointing out that they are qualitatively the same. What is or isn't common sense is a value judgement you make based off of experiences and your estimation of who shares them and to what degree. It's not inherently neutral. The two examples you mention are excellent demonstrations! 80 years ago that sort of language would have been expected, 50 it would have been tolerated, now it isn't. Because of changing political reality, which moderation polices are a part of.
- bapqpa 4y ago> You're intentionally muddying the waters by conflating common-sense rules like "you can't say the-n-word", Now try implementing that policy on a rap forum. One person's "common sense" is another person's nonsense.