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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

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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.

FortiDude|3 years ago

"style of moderation"? what does that mean? I don't agree with what GP said, but on what basis could you moderate his posts? Because they aren't "true"? In that case why not say that your instances bans all "untrue" things? how simple!