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> Every road in the world does not need to be the Autobahn. the point is, currently NO ROAD is the Autobahn. thats not a balance, thats censorship.
by 2h 3y ago
> Every road in the world does not need to be the Autobahn.
the point is, currently NO ROAD is the Autobahn. thats not a balance, thats censorship.
- lukevp 3y agoReddit has tons of NSFW stuff. There are plenty of less-moderated platforms available if you choose to engage with them.
- catiopatio 3y agoReddit has porn, but that’s not a convincing argument —- porn isn’t inimical to their ideological strictures. Meanwhile, they absolutely forbid expressing common, mainstream political viewpoints that are inimical to their ideology.
- bigfudge 3y agoCan you give an example of a mainstream view that is banned? I’m genuinely curious. I wonder if we will have different definitions of mainstream? It seems like a global audience of 5,000 might be mainstream and warrant a home according to some of the accounts here, whereas I would argue that this is still incredibly niche and these people might not expect to find anywhere in real life that would tolerate their speech either.
- catiopatio 3y agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/america... For example, “Six-in-ten U.S. adults say that whether a person is a man or a woman is determined by their sex assigned at birth.”
- briangol 3y ago[flagged]
- lmm 3y agoReddit is heavily moderated. The likes of Gab get banned from app stores and hosting providers; KiwiFarms shows that even if you self-host (at a level beyond most regular people's ability and resources), if you offend the wrong people then you'll be cut off the internet.
- defrost 3y agoThe KiwiFarms issue is less what was said online in a club like forum context and more what was done in the real world by members and coordinated from KiwiFarms.
- lmm 3y agoAs far as I can see that was a smear campaign if not an outright false flag. The specific post that was mentioned as grounds for cutting it off was removed by moderators in less than 15 minutes, and was posted by an account that hadn't posted anything else.
- defrost 3y agoYou're talking about a final straw after being moved on from one "we'll host anyone" provider to another. If I can paraphrase Ian Fleming; * Once is happenstance, * Twice is circumstance, * Nth time is a sign of deeply nested anti social malcontents that seek to inflict life theatening scenarios upon others for the Lulz.
- lmm 3y agoThere's no need to paraphrase; "enemy action" is a very plausible and adequate explanation.
- hanselot 3y agoBut once you reach 109 times it rolls back to being coincidental right? Those qui know, know. In any case, lets not be deemed offensive for harboring thoughts of rebellion against the overlords lest we be yeested from the platform for attempting to pique the curiosity of those not entirely lobotomized by the oppression machine yet. Such fallacious behaviours shall be left without scrutiny while we all dance together under a rainbow of landmines, minimum wage and proxy wars funded by alphabet companies ever-seeking to exercise greater and greater control of the human mind at scale. Yes, let's strive not to offend others, for that way we will surely make the most progress, ignoring all prior knowledge and our very evolutionary mechanisms so we don't make lines on a page that induce rage in the untrained mind. Those that can't hold a thought without judgment, can't think critically, yet they are the ones we decide to put in charge of our social narrative? I wonder WHO decided that was a good idea.
- Loocid 3y ago>the point is, currently NO ROAD is the Autobahn. thats not a balance, thats censorship. If you think this is true, you're not looking very hard.