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There is. People saying “the sun is the main driver of climate change “are not legitimately questioning the science”. Flat earthers are not “legitimately quest
by wredue 2y ago
There is. People saying “the sun is the main driver of climate change “are not legitimately questioning the science”.
Flat earthers are not “legitimately questioning the science”
This is called JAQing off. “Just Asking Questions”. They’re not. They’re muddying waters, often knowingly.
- carlosjobim 2y agoToo bad that you don't like what some other people say or write. That's what public discourse is, most things said will be things you don't agree with. And since you're neither God nor the Supreme Ruler, you don't have the right to silence anybody else.
- iamacyborg 2y agoThe nice thing about running a platform is that you absolutely have the right to silence whoever you please.
- cupcakecommons 2y ago...until your platform becomes important enough for it to matter to people more powerful than you
- wredue 2y agoWhy are you so angry? Where did I say that flat earthers should be silenced? You desperately need to remove yourself from communities of perpetual victimhood. All I said was that they are not legitimately questioning the science, because they are not. The one thing that is extremely interesting is that even the people who loudly shout for free speech do not themselves believe in it, as they constantly try to cancel all sorts of free speech and expression essentially constantly. Very very few people believe in absolute free speech.
- carlosjobim 2y agoI am not angry, and not a victim. Maybe you're making up an image in your mind? The discourse as I interpreted it, was that there was a need to censor those who are expressing opinions that are not "legitimate".
- wredue 2y agoThere “might” be a need to *selectively* censor people expressing illegitimate “science”. Especially when they knowingly do it knowingly. What Facebook does though, is horrific. They are not just letting illegitimate science have a platform, they are actively and intentionally propping that shit up because it creates victimhood communities.
- cupcakecommons 2y agoFlat Earthers are legitimately questioning the science because no one has (or should have) the authority to arbitrate what is too stupid to question. Everything has tradeoffs and free speech has a lot of somewhat obvious downsides.
- wredue 2y agoI didn’t say someone should be able to stop them from saying their stupidity. What I said was that they are not legitimately questioning the science.
- cupcakecommons 2y agoIn the sentence you wrote "they are not legitimately questioning the science" who decides what is legitimate questioning? You?