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For clarity, I added "book" to the title, which original is: > Censorship concerns rise over Texas bill; Abilene bookstore pushes back
by hn_acker 2y ago
For clarity, I added "book" to the title, which original is:
> Censorship concerns rise over Texas bill; Abilene bookstore pushes back
- gosub100 2y ago[flagged]
- mindslight 2y agoReporting on the persecution of intellectual curiosity is clearly in scope. Sorry that even the basics our existing have been politicized these days. Totalitarianism knows no boundaries.
- gosub100 2y agoIt doesn't lead to curious or interesting conversation though. it's an appeal to emotion. "harmful speech" was originally defined by the far left, and it looks like the far right defined it in a way that it wasn't intended. Not a surprise, is it?
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- mindslight 1y agoIt's not a surprise. The discussion isn't the curious/interesting sort based around such actions being anything novel, rather it's a straightforward response to hacker ideals and our open society in general being under attack.
- gosub100 1y agoIt's abusing the site for a fake moral dilemma, when in reality it's political campaigning. It's the same cancer that took down reddit.
- mindslight 1y agoWhat is the (fake) moral dilemma of hackers reacting to government censorship?
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoImagine thinking that another post about Rust or someone's LLM shovelware self promotion would be more interesting or important than this.
- Latty 2y agoFreedom of speech is a topic that is political, but also deeply tied to hacker culture, which generally views the ability to share ideas as a fundamental part of the ethos.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- tekla 2y agoTech is firmly against free speech now, so this is not going to fly.
- anonfordays 2y agoThat part of the ethos died a decade ago. Now, "hackers" are some of the most likely to censor opposing views and ban the sharing of heretical ideas.
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- hn_acker 2y agoI posted this article because I think book restrictions by governments (and in this instance involving bookstores instead of just libraries) are interesting to hackers. However, I jumped the gun because the bill is still in committee with no progress yet, and the bill author is not optimistic that it will pass in this form. I will email hn@ycombinator.com to ask whether my post should be deleted.