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A comment on TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship. Parent comment

Re:TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship by UweSchmidt on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:51AM (#21620724)
Demanding to discuss politics at all times could be the position of a vocal minority hoping to have disproportionate impact. It is derailing topics and ultimately trolling.

Many food related discussions on reddit ignore both health and animal rights considerations. Would it be appropriate to bring these topics up each time someone posts their burger? Likely not

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Re:TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship by friendlybus on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:15AM (#21620859)
Just saying the categories are always there. It could be the position of a vocal minority, but also of the government that seeks to change what you are doing politically, or a mass uprising wishing to change what you do.

Control will always exist, so I think it just needs to be integrated into a small order that can be managed, rather than jump into one of the always/never/any categories to stonewall it.

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Re:TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship by UweSchmidt on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:26AM (#21620924)
I don't mind a moderate, organic dose of politics.
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