Re:Sam Altman complains political correctness (gay) “Free Sp...
by bbctol on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:37PM
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At the point where you think China's doing better on an issue than California, you're not talking about free speech anymore. People getting mad at you for saying things they don't like is not "shutting down speech," it's... speech.
Re:Sam Altman complains political correctness (gay) “Free Sp...
by gcatalfamo on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:19PM
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Fahrenheit 451. That’s where we are getting into. I keep saying it.
The point being is you can argue against speech you disagree with. "Gay people are evil" can be met with "That's ridiculous, and most people find that incorrect and offensive." And leave it at that.
Shutting down speech is the problem. Why? Because once you've made it acceptable to shutdown speech that is offensive, suddenly the definition of offensive gets expanded and it's used to bludgeon any ideas that don't align with current thinking. That's dangerous.