Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by brnt on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:49PM
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Going after bigots on your platform does not equal going after activists. Please do not intentionally confuse the two.
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Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by throwaway8879 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:25PM
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One man's activist is another man's bigot.
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Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by read_if_gay_ on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:45AM
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> There is a world of difference between being for something and against something
They are the same. If you are for something, you're also against not something.
Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by ican1 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:14PM
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Is there an objective way of distinguishing between an activist and a bigot? The CCP can just say that they consider this activist to be a bigot.
Internet platforms should never have been in the business of censorship. Unfortunately, liberals encouraged them to censor their political opponents for short term gain. The result is sad but predictable. Any speech that offends someone powerful is now subject to possible censorship.
Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by alexland on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:21PM
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The easiest distinction between activism and bigotry is to tolerate everything except intolerance itself. Activists mostly fight for more rights/freedom, and bigots mostly look to prevent that. It's not a perfect boundary, but I've found it works well for the significant majority of cases.
Re:Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after ...
by DreamScatter on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:04PM
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A lot of activists are highly intolerant of views and speech which don't align with their activism, so your argument isn't really a very good one.