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> The academic discussion of potential counterfactuals, usually to be found in conferences and certain blog webs, were often misconstrued by content producers,
by tomcam 4y ago
> The academic discussion of potential counterfactuals, usually to be found in conferences and certain blog webs, were often misconstrued by content producers, conspiracy mongers, and others driven by less-then-truthful motives
Don’t care. Price of a free press.
> As this causes very real harm
History shows that the people who suppress free speech are never the good guys, especially when it’s the US government or their complicit media.
Also, thanks for engaging in good faith. If I’m wrong, I want to hear it from you, not a censor.
- tomrod 4y ago> Price of a free press I'm not sure FB, YT, HN, Reddit, etc. are press. Can one publish local legal notices through them? > History shows that the people who suppress free speech are never the good guys To be fair, there are no good guys in history. Realpolitick or ideology are the only two options I'm aware of, and not for lack of thought though perhaps due to lack of imagination. We could argue that there is contention for the government to ensure the common welfare and defense in pandemic times, and avoiding censoring (and encouraging private organizations to also avoid censoring).
- tomcam 4y ago> To be fair, there are no good guys in history. Disagree strongly. On balance the American framers (Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Mason, Jefferson, et. al) were amazingly good for the world, far better than Marx, Lenin, Mao, etc.