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Meta’s Moderation Modifications Mean Anti-LGBTQ Speech Is Welcome, While Pro-LGBTQ Speech Is Not (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, even bad people should not be censored. When they misbehave, they should be barred from the place they harmed, ideally not forever, but for a week or so maximum.

"Won't somebody please think of the spam bots?"

The problem is that this childish 'murican view of free speech and censorship has poisoned the entire discussion, because it assumes every speech is equal. It's not. To think a group of idiots screaming on megaphones with the sole intent of causing a ruckus is the same thing as a 1 on 1 conversation is stupid. To equate a snake oil salesman with someone trying to sell a table is also stupid. Not all speech is done in good faith.

Censorship happens at any group, because it's all about maintaining social cohesion. Remember when trump was first elected and several family ties and friendships effectively ended? That was RL censorship, because trying to mend the social cohesion wasn't worth it. Why would you be close to someone who makes your life terrible?

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not talking about spam bots.

The problem is that this childish 'murican view of free speech and censorship has poisoned the entire discussion

No, it's your opinion that you're smarter than those who formed the "childish view" is what has poisoned a lot of things. The rest is either deliberate bullshit or you failed to read my comment.

Censorship happens at any group, because it’s all about maintaining social cohesion. Remember when trump was first elected and several family ties and friendships effectively ended? That was RL censorship, because trying to mend the social cohesion wasn’t worth it. Why would you be close to someone who makes your life terrible?

No, that's not censorship. You are not forbidding all your relatives to communicate with some other relatives, or else. You are just ending your own communication with someone else.

Go away.