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Discouragement is not punishment. "We ignore the kkk." Living in a state that actually occasionally has KKK rallies, "we" sure as Hell don't ignore them. We
by Semiapies 17y ago
Discouragement is not punishment.
"We ignore the kkk."
Living in a state that actually occasionally has KKK rallies, "we" sure as Hell don't ignore them. We surround them with counter-protesters whenever they march in their sheets - and outnumber them by many multiples. We look at people ranting on about those dirty, criminal n---s and how America used to be white and pure and call them stupid fucking racists.
No, we don't jail them, we don't attack them, we don't fine them, we don't even raise the price of our groceries when they come in the store.
We downvote them.
- chrischen 17y agoDown voting is an official active punishment that is meant to discourage. Down voting is a form of punishment. Ignoring is not a form of punishment. It's passive. What you describe may be mistaken as an active form of punishment, but you're essentially up voting the non racists, not down voting the racists. You aren't punishing the racists for their behavior so much as you are showing support for the other side. You rally more anti-racists, but they still have the right to do what they were doing, and even up the numbers on their side too. That is what I would like to see here. I want to see people pushing support to what they believe, not punishing those that disagree. So let's say there is a hypothetical racial argument here. One guy is racist, the other guy is not. Your example is analogous to everyone up voting the non racist as a form of protest.
- Semiapies 17y agoI'm afraid you genuinely make no sense.
- chrischen 17y agoPlease explain? How is not you surrounding the racists with anti-racists not up voting the anti racists? You're showing more support for the anti-racists, not punishing the racists for holding their opinion. Not directly at least. We can't punish them directly by means of jailing or criminal prosecution just for holding their views. However you can indirectly suppress them by showing more support for the other side, just as you can still indirectly punish bad comments through up voting everyone else. Up voting everyone else is not only a nicer way but a better way in terms of freedom of speech.