Re:Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within ...
by alanwatts on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:31PM
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>Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.
-RFK, "Value of Dissent" (21 March 1968)
The problem is that of blindness and group think. Every major advancement of human rights has been against the "terms of service" and were extremely uncomfortable ideas for the majority of people.
Getting your feelings hurt every now and again can be used as a catalyst for personal and moral growth just like exercising causes pain but increases health.
-RFK, "Value of Dissent" (21 March 1968)
The problem is that of blindness and group think. Every major advancement of human rights has been against the "terms of service" and were extremely uncomfortable ideas for the majority of people.
Getting your feelings hurt every now and again can be used as a catalyst for personal and moral growth just like exercising causes pain but increases health.