Imzy wants to be a kinder, gentler version of Reddit

Re:Imzy wants to be a kinder, gentler version of Reddit by veddox on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:47PM (#13146810)

I would say that in a society like that, there is more amiss than simply a lack of free speech. After all, there are other human rights. However, I see what you mean, and not being a constitutional scholar I shall cede the point.

Nonetheless, you have only addressed one half of a point out of my original three. (You cannot compare a website like Imzy with society at large is what I was trying to drive at in point A.) What do you say to the other two?

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Re:Imzy wants to be a kinder, gentler version of Reddit by Fnoord on Saturday December 10, 2016 @01:25PM (#13147031)

> I would say that in a society like that, there is more amiss than simply a lack of free speech.

Every society (and community) has norms which are acceptable, and those which are not. If a person decides to not live according to those norms they're an outcast and will be dealt with as such. The society is like a living organism which will protect its norms in order to survive akin to an auto immune system. Because of these principles every society lives within its own bubble, too.

I suppose Von Trier's Dogville touches upon the subject, but there's countless examples available from Swartz to Snowden. If someone has another (or better, more accurate) example I'm interested hearing yours.

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