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whermans | 3 years ago

So you got to share your stupid opinions and got pushback on them? Sounds like the system is working then.

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laputan_machine|3 years ago

Be kinder, this kind of attitude is exactly what is causing deep societal rifts.

If you want to live in a heavily-moderated place and you'll blindly accept while you are fed what the latest ever-changing Truth is (even if it contradicts what came previously, even if it contradicts logic, reason or scientific understanding), then go wild.

I don't agree with parent's takes, but calling them "stupid" is needlessly derisive.

Some people don't like this, that shouldn't be seen as a Bad Thing.

FortiDude|3 years ago

First they came for the "stupid" opinions, but I didn't care because I was sure mine weren't.

Then they came for me, and there was nobody left to defend me

whermans|3 years ago

They didn't come for the opinions. They were published and are (I assume) still available on whatever Mastodon instance the author used.

vidarh|3 years ago

If "they" try to stop him from voicing his opinions, you'd have a point. But "they" only stopped this person from imposing his opinions on people who had chosen instances whose policies involved a certain style of moderation.

The benefit of the fediverse is exactly that any moderation or blocks do not stop your speech - no matter if it's actually abhorrent or just unpopular with the wrong people - it merely lets people opt out of listening to you.