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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Ignoring your mixup of persecution and prosecution, it's wild that you're even remotely putting mass execution and imprisonment on the same level as having your singular thread removed from a privately hosted forum that you voluntarily joined.

Censorship by privately run and hosted forums is not remotely equivalent to the horrors of totalitarian and fascist governments. Even if people were to agree that it's evil (which it's not, paradox of tolerance), the comparison is beyond the pale.

This is one of the most chronically online takes I've ever heard.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I'm sorry. Being enslaved, jailed, or executed for no reason is NOTHING like getting your comment deleted without a detailed explanation.

If you're feeling oppressed by other people not reading whatever thoughts pop in your head, it might be time to go touch grass, or snow, depending on what's available in your area right now.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (17 children)

People have freedom. This includes the freedom to allow you or disallow you from being around them. You cannot simply break into someone's house and talk to them if they don't want you to, for instance.

Governments do not get this freedom. Governments should and frequently do get constraints that individuals should not.

Here, we are individuals, not governments. This service was made by a bunch of randos, it's theirs. Not all of ours. We are here, in their house, because they invited us. They can disinvite us any time they want, they should and do have that freedom.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Yes, there's supposed to be a higher legal standard for the state sending you to prison than a private party banning you from their forum.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

So you’re butthurt that your eugenics threads got deleted? This smells like troll

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What exactly do you mean by "prosecution" in the context of social media?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Your username makes a lot of sense after reading such opinion, I'm going to be honest.

Do you sincerely think those 2 things are even remotely comparable?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (28 children)

You're talking about Banning or Canceling?. Either way, is wild to compare prosecution with any of those things.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Those prosecute you. People on SM persecute you. Not the same thing.

Although I do agree with the sentiment of "innocent until proven guilty" and give benefit of the doubt without sufficient evidence of any actual wrongdoing. Someone simply saying someone did something isn't proof enough of anything, considering lying exists and can come from either side of the story.

Also, kicking people when they're down isn't something new or special or unique to SM. It's been part of human nature since the dawn of fucking time.

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