My personal opinion is that it is the censorship which is causing all the trouble.
In the real world if somebody disagrees with you (perhaps he votes for another president you don’t like) then you cannot ban him from society.
But reddit does.
We have to compromise and more importantly our view of what is normal includes him and his type of voter.
In the fake online world - people create a bubble. Their bubble implies that “ultra rightwing” is “somebody who still votes democrat, but prefers Bernie”
This narrow and fake view of humanity makes the social media user fragile and unable to cope when exposed to different opinions.
This is why big social media users like AOC are frequently seen making up childlike lies (i was nearly raped by trump supporters) and (they only hate me because they want to date me) to cover up her blatant failure as a granddaughter whose relatives live in complete poverty while she buys another supercar.
I agree with you. The real cure for bad speech is more speech not less, like through censorship
The wild west days of the internet were one of an almost surreal and self aware brotherhood. We knew not to read YouTube comments and never to trust Wikipedia. Nowadays you lose a career over a single tweet-- it doesn't even have to be yours.
To survive in these digital realms to need to either go full business/sterile. No commentary just buy my thing. Which hampers effectiveness of engagement. Or completely compromise all your beliefs to cater to the political inclinations of the specific company that owns the platform. Assuming they aren't strong armed by yet another corporations political whims
My personal opinion is that it is the censorship which is causing all the trouble.
In the real world if somebody disagrees with you (perhaps he votes for another president you don’t like) then you cannot ban him from society.
But reddit does.
We have to compromise and more importantly our view of what is normal includes him and his type of voter.
In the fake online world - people create a bubble. Their bubble implies that “ultra rightwing” is “somebody who still votes democrat, but prefers Bernie”
This narrow and fake view of humanity makes the social media user fragile and unable to cope when exposed to different opinions.
This is why big social media users like AOC are frequently seen making up childlike lies (i was nearly raped by trump supporters) and (they only hate me because they want to date me) to cover up her blatant failure as a granddaughter whose relatives live in complete poverty while she buys another supercar.
I agree with you. The real cure for bad speech is more speech not less, like through censorship
The wild west days of the internet were one of an almost surreal and self aware brotherhood. We knew not to read YouTube comments and never to trust Wikipedia. Nowadays you lose a career over a single tweet-- it doesn't even have to be yours.
To survive in these digital realms to need to either go full business/sterile. No commentary just buy my thing. Which hampers effectiveness of engagement. Or completely compromise all your beliefs to cater to the political inclinations of the specific company that owns the platform. Assuming they aren't strong armed by yet another corporations political whims
It's a fucking nightmare