Re:Shame on Y Combinator
by dlss on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:24AM
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> > the fundamental principle that no matter what in a democracy everyone have the right to say and mean what they want without having to fear the repercussions
> This is not a principle, let alone a fundamental one, in any democracy or any other kind of society.
While this is literally true, I feel the need to point out that increased restrictions on speech, and increased repercussions for speech seem to correlate strongly with non-democracies.
Re:Shame on Y Combinator
by Senji on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @12:33PM
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Agitating for people to be fired based on pilitical affiliation is not "criticizm". If you think it is consider how you would feel about it when you are on tbe receiving end.
> This is not a principle, let alone a fundamental one, in any democracy or any other kind of society.
While this is literally true, I feel the need to point out that increased restrictions on speech, and increased repercussions for speech seem to correlate strongly with non-democracies.