bad faith argument that companies are allowed to do this because they’re allowed to do it.
So let’s get this straight, it’s “bad faith” to point out facts but “good faith” to support bigotry and hatred like you’re “accidentally” doing with your argument?
Lith@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
It’s bad faith to argue that companies should be allowed to do things because they’re already allowed to do those things. I see a little bit of that creeping in even here with the concept of “rights”, as if corporations were humans. Laws can change.
It’s good faith to ask if companies have too much power over what has become our default mode of communication. It’s also good faith to challenge this question with non-circular logic.
Your assumption that I’m defending racism and bigotry is exactly why I think this stuff is important. You’ve implied I’m an insidious alt-rightist trying to dog whistle, and now I’m terrified of getting banned or otherwise censored. I’m interested in expressing myself. I do not want to express bigotry. But if one person decides what I said is even linked to bigotry, suddenly I’m a target, and I can lose a decades-old social account and all of its connections. And if that happens I just have to accept it because it’s currently legal. It’s so fucking stressful to say anything online anymore.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Didn’t read this. You already showed your hand
Lith@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
You saw whatever hand you wanted to see. Have you considered that I’m gay and pro-abortion, and I have legitimate reasons to worry that some corporations (e.g. Twitter) will try and start censoring support for these through selective enforcement of the current ToS?
What’s more dangerous, your grandma being allowed to say racist things on Facebook, or marginalized groups being systematically silenced? You’re missing the forest for the trees.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sure you are
puppy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Alas, you’ve also shown yours.