Suddenly they care. One dead CEao and a bunch of whiny scared Billionaires is enough to stop 10 years of hateful content. Interesting lesson right there. Censorship is only good if it protects the rich.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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If in a work of fiction I have a villain call my hero the n-word to demonstrate that the villain is an unapologetic racist, and I am told that I can't have that because the word is bad in and of itself and that racist behavior cannot be tolerated even in fiction..
That is censorship, even if your goals are noble they are also ignorant, as showing disgusting things in fiction is often done in order to condemn similar behavior in real life.
If you call a black person the n-word in real life, and he stomps your ass.
This isn't censorship, this is comedy.
It is censorship, PERIOD
Also, propaganda is not speech.
Propaganda is just some speech that has a political agenda. Most propaganda isn't false.
I mean it is censorship. But not all censorship is bad.
There will be no protection under the social contract for those who wish to violate it.
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