I Miss the Old Internet

Re:I Miss the Old Internet by hnzix on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:53PM (#21405594)

Dividing the discourse into Correct people and The Others Who Shall Be Shunned is exactly the kind of binary thinking that is killing rational discourse.

You are never going to change someone's mind by shouting at them.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by tjpnz on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:12AM (#21405693)

It kills far more than rational discourse. People have had their careers and lives ruined over what somebody else deems to be wrongthink.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by cortesoft on Thursday October 31, 2019 @11:34AM (#21409887)

Are you suggesting that there are NO viewpoints that are worth rejecting out of hand? If someone thinks that all black people should be killed, we need to entertain his views?

There are limits, and some views are not just a difference of opinion. Some viewpoints need to be shunned.

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