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This is really interesting in light of the recent reddit fiasco involving violentacrez and voyeuristic photos being published. I mean people were clearly up in
by cup 14y ago
This is really interesting in light of the recent reddit fiasco involving violentacrez and voyeuristic photos being published. I mean people were clearly up in arms about the invasion of privacy and supported subreddits like creepshots being banned despite the fact that they're perfectly legal. I wonder whether these same people see the similiarity between themselves and Muslims who want the blasphemous publication of prophets banned.
- JeremyBanks 14y agoThe analogy only holds if you expect Reddit to behave like an open/libre platform. As a private organization, they have no obligation to do so. They have very strong motivations to crack down on activity that reflects badly on them (as these recents events threatened to), yet they do permit much more than many organizations would. By contrast, the government is supposed to have free speech as one of their fundamental legal principles. It's a poor argument to suggest that people advocating censorship on Reddit are very similar to those advocating censorship in society at large.
- clavalle 14y agoI don't think it is a weak argument at all. Sure Reddit is a private organization but being so makes it a softer target for censorship advocates. They can try different techniques and arguments in that sandbox and get an amplified, but not dissimilar, return on their actions. It can also serve as a morale booster for those groups. As they hone their message and techniques against a large, democratic, and heterogeneous population, they can use those same tactics in society at large to provoke the same change in more inertial government.
- illuminate 14y agoMisogynistic communities are not at all the same thing as a community hostile to religious belief.