presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoIf you agree with the majority then censorship is ok.message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down145
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minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 days agoFirst they came for {minority a} and I said nothing because {me! ≠ minority a}. I’m sure that’s where that poem stops, so you’re good!
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoYes, I’m familiar. But I’m speaking for the majority here. I think that the majority prefers agreement and crushes dissent. I mean look at social media. Look at how the majority behaves. It’s a hive dictator. It isn’t intelligent.
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAnd that makes it ok? See my previous comment.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoFrom the perspective of the majority, yes it does.
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI can’t even begin to tell you how fucking stupid that take is. And I’ve been on Reddit.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou are a diplomat as well as a poet
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIf you’re okay with censorship, you ain’t right in the head.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAnd yet censorship is immensely popular. We all prefer that the spam and troll be silenced. We all downvote the obnoxious fools. We all think moderation is necessary. We all think that there needs to be some control there, right?
First they came for {minority a} and I said nothing because {me! ≠ minority a}.
I’m sure that’s where that poem stops, so you’re good!
Yes, I’m familiar. But I’m speaking for the majority here. I think that the majority prefers agreement and crushes dissent.
I mean look at social media. Look at how the majority behaves.
It’s a hive dictator. It isn’t intelligent.
And that makes it ok?
See my previous comment.
From the perspective of the majority, yes it does.
I can’t even begin to tell you how fucking stupid that take is. And I’ve been on Reddit.
You are a diplomat as well as a poet
If you’re okay with censorship, you ain’t right in the head.
And yet censorship is immensely popular. We all prefer that the spam and troll be silenced. We all downvote the obnoxious fools. We all think moderation is necessary.
We all think that there needs to be some control there, right?