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This is actually the common thing in tech now, you need to step carefully on eggshells everywhere to avoid someone being butthurt. I miss the Internet around y
by tdkl 11y ago
This is actually the common thing in tech now, you need to step carefully on eggshells everywhere to avoid someone being butthurt.
I miss the Internet around year 2000.
- coldpie 11y agoYes, I remember when we could sling racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs around without a thought for the feelings of non-whites, minorities, or an entire half of the world's population. Thanks to those slurs, the world was a better place because, uh... because... er, uh, hm...
- nova 11y agoSo, free speech is great as long as you don't strongly disagree with it.
- coldpie 11y ago"Free speech" does not mean "free from all consequence," and never has.
- nova 11y agoWhat do yo really mean by that? Personally I worry that mere attaching some empty labels to an argument is reason enough justify censoring it.
- coldpie 11y agoI mean that if you choose to use slurs or donate money to hate groups, and are ostracized from a community as a result, then invoking "free speech" is not sufficient defense to be allowed back into that community. Or, in popular comic form: https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/
- nova 11y agoSo "you are free to say whatever you want, but if I don't like it I will destroy your life".
- coldpie 11y agoI'm not sure whose life was destroyed or how we jumped to that point, but yes, if you choose that slurs and hate groups are more important to you than your community's acceptance, then you get to deal with those consequences. At no point is this an infringement on your right to free speech.
- nova 11y agoWell, that's horrifying. I'll shut up now.