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Really? We would be better after blocking quite the range of views we don't like?
not the views we don't like, but the ones that cause harm and suffering for western societies.
“Ones that cause harm and suffering” is subjective though.
Blocking online content, even ones we don’t like, is a slippery slope
i believe it can be objective. i believe neuroscience has the ability to quantify suffering. i believe if we spent more time studying neuroscience and the health of a society, this could all be feasible.
i agree that censorship of things we 'don't like' is not a society i want to live in. i just think that there are objective answers to what now seems like vague questions.
You may believe it cna be objective but believing that isn't enough.
it takes will and research and development.
And where do we draw that line? And why only Western?
as i said to the previous poster, "i believe neuroscience has the ability to quantify suffering."
i speak of western cultures because we are so obsessed with individual liberty that we will be the hardest to convince that some censorship in the interest of promoting a healthy society is possible and needed.
As in all conservative opinions.
No, just the views that are constant lies
Conservatism in the use has nothing to do with actual conservative thoughts, quite the opposite, really. It's just a cover for the rich to steal from, and control the poor.
Ant conservative media in the use today is just one large stream of lies, lies, lies. Anything to keep you distracted from the fact that they're stealing the coffers empty, anything to keep you so angry about "the others" that you wo t even consider talking to them to realise that you've been played
So you mean misinformation, not conservatism.
Yep, but right now those two are mostly the same, and constant. Especially in the us
Yeah, mostly. The fact that they aren't exactly the same and aren't synonymous is why makes this meme post stink of censorship imo.
It's censorship for sure, but I'd dare to argue that not all levels of censorship are bad
Ok... but the level described in this meme is the bad one (aka absolute censorship).
No, we can block just conservative media, thanks.
Great. Let's solve all the problems with censorship! That totally works and totally addresses the root cause rather than the symptoms.
The douchevoters are really trying to bury you on this but I agree with you. It's kind of stunning how many people who sincerely believe they're progressive and enlightened share the conservative faith in a Daddy who will beat up the bad guys for them and keep the bad stuff away.
And to top it off: banning conservatives from social media WILL NOT have the effect they think. It will backfire.