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Any examples of the tech world putting in significant effort to silence the viewpoint that men have penises? In any case, that’s not “conservatives”. That’s a

Any examples of the tech world putting in significant effort to silence the viewpoint that men have penises? In any case, that’s not “conservatives”. That’s a very specific issue.

throw_m239339 3y ago
> Any examples of the tech world putting in significant effort to silence the viewpoint that men have penises? Dorsey era's Twitter, Reddit.
- afavour 3y ago
  Any, you know, actual examples of things that happened?
animatethrow 3y ago
There's the Babylon Bee deplatforming that led to Musk buying Twitter. The Babylon Bee called a public official who is a biological man a 'man'. So Twitter deplatformed the Babylon Bee.
- afavour 3y ago
  > Twitter locked the account of a right-leaning parody site, The Babylon Bee, after it awarded Rachel Levine, the transgender Biden administration official, the title of “man of the year.” https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-over-rachel-levine-man-of-the-year-title/ https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-o... That’s pretty obviously a personal attack. There’s a very obvious difference between holding and expressing a personal opinion on gender identity and launching a public attack against a specific person. This is the way these complaints always go. “conservatives are being censored!” becomes “well sure, they were censored because they violated the terms and conditions of the site in a distasteful way but why is that important?!”
  - Georgelemental 3y ago
    If I Tweet "Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is evil and wrong, and also he is a bad person and his armpits stink!" am I making a personal attack that should get me banned from the platform?
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    - afavour 3y ago
      You really think that a personal attack on the head of state for Russia and an assistant secretary for health are equivalent? How much harassment do you think Putin would be subject to as a result of you (assuming you have the 1.3m followers the Babylon Bee has, which you don’t) attacking him? We both know you don’t think they’re equivalent. You’re just trying to find technicalities to excuse abhorrent behaviour.
      - Georgelemental 3y ago
        > an assistant secretary for health Specifically, Levine is the Assistant Secretary for Health—a senior political appointee, chosen by the President and confirmed by the Senate, reporting directly to the Cabinet-level Secretary for Health and Human Services. Also a uniformed four-star admiral (2 ranks below Commander-in-Chief) in the world's most powerful military. Oversees thousands of government employees, millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, influences major policy decisions that affect the lives of millions. In free societies, writers are allowed to criticize, and even mock, powerful political and government officials. But perhaps you prefer the Russian system?
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  - feltmann 3y ago
- mock-possum 3y ago
  “Who is a biological man” Yikes dude.
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    "But but that's just my opinion and disagreeing with my opinion in a perfectly legal way by making a statement in retort is somehow a violation of my free speech rights!!!!"
feltmann 3y ago
Reddit banning all the gender-critical feminist subreddits, and anyone expressing these viewpoints. Twitter of old doing similar. I agree with you that this isn't about silencing conservatives, but rather anyone who refuses to accept the ideological stance that men can be women and vice versa.

Any examples of the tech world putting in significant effort to silence the viewpoint that men have penises? In any case, that’s not “conservatives”. That’s a very specific issue.

throw_m239339 3y ago

> Any examples of the tech world putting in significant effort to silence the viewpoint that men have penises? Dorsey era's Twitter, Reddit.

afavour 3y ago
Any, you know, actual examples of things that happened?

animatethrow 3y ago

There's the Babylon Bee deplatforming that led to Musk buying Twitter. The Babylon Bee called a public official who is a biological man a 'man'. So Twitter deplatformed the Babylon Bee.

afavour 3y ago
> Twitter locked the account of a right-leaning parody site, The Babylon Bee, after it awarded Rachel Levine, the transgender Biden administration official, the title of “man of the year.” https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-over-rachel-levine-man-of-the-year-title/ https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-o... That’s pretty obviously a personal attack. There’s a very obvious difference between holding and expressing a personal opinion on gender identity and launching a public attack against a specific person. This is the way these complaints always go. “conservatives are being censored!” becomes “well sure, they were censored because they violated the terms and conditions of the site in a distasteful way but why is that important?!”
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  If I Tweet "Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is evil and wrong, and also he is a bad person and his armpits stink!" am I making a personal attack that should get me banned from the platform?
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  - afavour 3y ago
    You really think that a personal attack on the head of state for Russia and an assistant secretary for health are equivalent? How much harassment do you think Putin would be subject to as a result of you (assuming you have the 1.3m followers the Babylon Bee has, which you don’t) attacking him? We both know you don’t think they’re equivalent. You’re just trying to find technicalities to excuse abhorrent behaviour.
    - Georgelemental 3y ago
      > an assistant secretary for health Specifically, Levine is the Assistant Secretary for Health—a senior political appointee, chosen by the President and confirmed by the Senate, reporting directly to the Cabinet-level Secretary for Health and Human Services. Also a uniformed four-star admiral (2 ranks below Commander-in-Chief) in the world's most powerful military. Oversees thousands of government employees, millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, influences major policy decisions that affect the lives of millions. In free societies, writers are allowed to criticize, and even mock, powerful political and government officials. But perhaps you prefer the Russian system?
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- feltmann 3y ago
mock-possum 3y ago
“Who is a biological man” Yikes dude.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  "But but that's just my opinion and disagreeing with my opinion in a perfectly legal way by making a statement in retort is somehow a violation of my free speech rights!!!!"

feltmann 3y ago

Reddit banning all the gender-critical feminist subreddits, and anyone expressing these viewpoints. Twitter of old doing similar. I agree with you that this isn't about silencing conservatives, but rather anyone who refuses to accept the ideological stance that men can be women and vice versa.