Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by 0x8BADF00D on Thursday August 09, 2018 @09:25PM (#17729990)

People don’t get more rights than others. All individuals get the same unalienable rights, and that is a universal truth which is self-evident.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by zaarn on Friday August 10, 2018 @04:16AM (#17731546)

How is this "universal truth self-evident"?

I'd love you to show me that there is a repeatable and measurable experiment that determines that as a fundamental function of the universe, people should have equal rights.

Personally, I don't believe that (the fact it's a universal truth) to be true, morals and ethics are a subjective topic and stuff like "everyone should have equal right" is something that most people including me can agree on fairly easily. Other people might not agree.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by jazzyjackson on Friday August 10, 2018 @07:40AM (#17732402)

The founders held those truths to be self-evident, but in some contexts (say , outside of educated 18th century gentry) they must be argued.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by yontherubicon on Friday August 10, 2018 @06:46AM (#17732165)

This doesn't work without a universal moral law, an assumption now deprecated in many circles.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by anigbrowl on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:26PM (#17730480)

I disagree, but in any case you seem to be disregarding the context of my comment above, without which it is empty of meaning.

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