Comment on Why does digital violence against LGBTI people in Thailand and Taiwan continue even after marriage equality?

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Pro@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  activists in Thailand. Often, those who speak out about human rights are punished for pursuing human rights activism by doxing, threats of violence and hateful anti-LGBTI speech.

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  • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hate sure. Violence? Really?

    Hate isn’t violence hate is a byproduct of free speech and liberty. I mean getting doxed and actionable calls/threats of violence should be a crime. But mean words is just life.

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• Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Mean words online by people who don’t even dare lift their voices in public.

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  • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ahh yes free speech

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  people are using stronger words to mean things that are related. Shouting at someone is violence now, inapproprite touching (sexual assult/harrasment) is rape, being an asshole online is digitial violence.

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  • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It really devalues the meaning of the words and makes it harder for people to take real accusations seriously. I once read an article of someone claiming they had been sexually assaulted on WoWs text chat. Like what the fuck, mute them, report them, move on. You can call it harrasment if you like but there’s nothing sexual about it, it’s letters on a monitor.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      depends what they’re saying, it can be sexual harrassment, but not sexual assult.

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