Valve caught censoring "negro" despite the fact it isn't racist.
(steamcommunity.com)
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Are there really idiots there defending the censor? Why am I surprised; of course there are.
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Absolute fucking troglodytes. How much of cretin do you have to be to confuse the 1st Amendment of the US constitution with the global concept of "free speech", then have to gall to try to talk down to anyone like that?
There were so many idiots who tried to apply the first amendment to private companies, followed by smarter people pointing out that the first amendment only applies to the government and being overheard by dumber people who then go on to use that response to respond to people who say that companies should morally abide by the concept of free speech.
The same shit is happening with HIPAA. There are so many dumbasses who claim that HIPAA prevents an employer from asking you for your medical records and being rightfully corrected by smarter people saying that HIPAA does no such thing, that dumber people overhear this conversation and think anyone who believes a company is wrong or shouldn't be allowed to ask for medical records is just an idiot that doesn't understand the law.
The problem I have with both those laws is they were drafted, pre Mob-justice era (IE 2007 upward).
They weren't ever drafted with it in mind if people started using a person's medical records or social presence as a weapon.
I'm fine with the records being accessed and looked at, but they shouldn't be used as a basis for impugning a punishment based on... Social hatred. It's the one thing I believe America gets very wrong, much like the whole at will firing in some states. No warning just bam.