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Or instead of pearl-clutching, how about suggesting something productive like a digital id that is only needed for public comments on work-in-progress legislati

Or instead of pearl-clutching, how about suggesting something productive like a digital id that is only needed for public comments on work-in-progress legislation? There is quite a bit of daylight between that and 1984.

rektide 3y ago
I don't hate the idea of this. Ideally what I'd like & have suggested is that citizens be able to get attestation of their content at their desired level. I should be able to get anything I write signed by varying levels of government, federal, state, or county, or neighborhood. I should be able to opt into how much identity to share: name, initials, some rotating psuedorandom identitifer, age bracket , income bracket, other core data. I've stated this repeatedly as I think the baseline of what I think a democratic society should offer, a way to enshrine real speech of citizens as citizens so desire. That would be a real service. What we have here is a vile screwing over of society by hostile powers thieving our liberties from us, locking down the world against humanity for their own sad shallow pathetic ends. These aren't pearls. These are basic rights to be human on this planet. Thanks.
- landemva 3y ago
  Net neutrality, which allows Netflix to clog broadband pipes with entertainment, is a subsidy from broadband pipe provider to Netflix owners. Unlimited pipe cramming is not a human/corporate right.
- edgyquant 3y ago
  > These are basic rights to be human on this planet. Net neutrality and being free from government ids isn’t a human right ordained by god. That’s a whole new level of ridiculous. People will claim any policy dear to their hearts is a human right ffs
  - rektide 3y ago
    It's super weird to me that there are not one but two rebutalls arguing a topic that never came up? Both from relatively longstanding ish accounts.
    - edgyquant 3y ago
      The comment I replied to stated that it was a basic human right on a human planet. Don’t pretend it didn’t and don’t go looking at account histories trying to write people off as trolls. Respond with substance or piss off, this ain’t Reddit
      - rektide 3y ago
        Lying liar lies. "It" (this entire thread) said & says nothing at all about net neutrality. This gets weirder & weirder, debating totally unmentioned topics, now with your absurd aggro & ad hominem assault. "It": > Ideally what I'd like & have suggested is that citizens be able to get attestation of their content at their desired level. I should be able to get anything I write signed by varying levels of government, federal, state, or county, or neighborhood. I should be able to opt into how much identity to share: name, initials, some rotating psuedorandom identitifer, age bracket, income bracket, other core data So where again are we talking about what you & other dude jumped in with, seemingly out of nowhere? I don't care where this is, this is indecorous of you & it's bizarre & unexplained. Blowing more smoke isnt helping.
        edgyquant 3y ago
        Are you high? It said being free from government ids is a human right for a human planet in a thread about net neutrality.
boomboomsubban 3y ago
I'm really not in favor of a government database explicitly tracking my political beliefs. That seems pretty "1984" to me.
- bequanna 3y ago
  You no longer have to imagine this. The Minnesota State House, Senate and Governor seat are all controlled by the same party. That party is now planning to use their unchecked power to push through legislation for a program which will track all reported wrongthink: https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-lawmakers-lock-horns-over-213335062.html https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-lawmakers-lock-horns-over-2...
  - boomboomsubban 3y ago
    I have no idea what this supposed Minnesota law is, but I'm certainly not going to watch a video from Fox News to learn about it.
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    - chiggsy 3y ago
      After 2016, I feel like I need to keep an eye on what is going on over there.
      - boomboomsubban 3y ago
        I find my life is overall more pleasant the less cable news I watch.
        tourmalinetaco 3y ago
        Agreed. Though it’s not localized to cable. Most non-local news is designed to incite fear/anger in you and push you to their thinking, not inform you of what’s going on in the world. In fact most news orgs don’t even work for their own news, they buy it wholesale from news aggregators like Reuters, AP, etc and put their own spin on it. In my case, I found no benefit to any national/international news orgs and focus solely on local news on the county/state levels.
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rektide 3y ago

I don't hate the idea of this. Ideally what I'd like & have suggested is that citizens be able to get attestation of their content at their desired level. I should be able to get anything I write signed by varying levels of government, federal, state, or county, or neighborhood. I should be able to opt into how much identity to share: name, initials, some rotating psuedorandom identitifer, age bracket , income bracket, other core data. I've stated this repeatedly as I think the baseline of what I think a democratic society should offer, a way to enshrine real speech of citizens as citizens so desire. That would be a real service. What we have here is a vile screwing over of society by hostile powers thieving our liberties from us, locking down the world against humanity for their own sad shallow pathetic ends. These aren't pearls. These are basic rights to be human on this planet. Thanks.

landemva 3y ago
Net neutrality, which allows Netflix to clog broadband pipes with entertainment, is a subsidy from broadband pipe provider to Netflix owners. Unlimited pipe cramming is not a human/corporate right.
edgyquant 3y ago
> These are basic rights to be human on this planet. Net neutrality and being free from government ids isn’t a human right ordained by god. That’s a whole new level of ridiculous. People will claim any policy dear to their hearts is a human right ffs
- rektide 3y ago
  It's super weird to me that there are not one but two rebutalls arguing a topic that never came up? Both from relatively longstanding ish accounts.
  - edgyquant 3y ago
    The comment I replied to stated that it was a basic human right on a human planet. Don’t pretend it didn’t and don’t go looking at account histories trying to write people off as trolls. Respond with substance or piss off, this ain’t Reddit
    - rektide 3y ago
      Lying liar lies. "It" (this entire thread) said & says nothing at all about net neutrality. This gets weirder & weirder, debating totally unmentioned topics, now with your absurd aggro & ad hominem assault. "It": > Ideally what I'd like & have suggested is that citizens be able to get attestation of their content at their desired level. I should be able to get anything I write signed by varying levels of government, federal, state, or county, or neighborhood. I should be able to opt into how much identity to share: name, initials, some rotating psuedorandom identitifer, age bracket, income bracket, other core data So where again are we talking about what you & other dude jumped in with, seemingly out of nowhere? I don't care where this is, this is indecorous of you & it's bizarre & unexplained. Blowing more smoke isnt helping.
      - edgyquant 3y ago
        Are you high? It said being free from government ids is a human right for a human planet in a thread about net neutrality.

boomboomsubban 3y ago

I'm really not in favor of a government database explicitly tracking my political beliefs. That seems pretty "1984" to me.

bequanna 3y ago
You no longer have to imagine this. The Minnesota State House, Senate and Governor seat are all controlled by the same party. That party is now planning to use their unchecked power to push through legislation for a program which will track all reported wrongthink: https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-lawmakers-lock-horns-over-213335062.html https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-lawmakers-lock-horns-over-2...
- boomboomsubban 3y ago
  I have no idea what this supposed Minnesota law is, but I'm certainly not going to watch a video from Fox News to learn about it.
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  - chiggsy 3y ago
    After 2016, I feel like I need to keep an eye on what is going on over there.
    - boomboomsubban 3y ago
      I find my life is overall more pleasant the less cable news I watch.
      - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
        Agreed. Though it’s not localized to cable. Most non-local news is designed to incite fear/anger in you and push you to their thinking, not inform you of what’s going on in the world. In fact most news orgs don’t even work for their own news, they buy it wholesale from news aggregators like Reuters, AP, etc and put their own spin on it. In my case, I found no benefit to any national/international news orgs and focus solely on local news on the county/state levels.

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