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Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp... by eli on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:14PM (#24511104)
Indeed! We all take political stances every day and it is certainly not possible to run an apolitical social network. The word is probably not very useful. But being able to reflect on “sensitive” issues is extremely useful and, I would argue, necessary.
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Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp... by throwawaysea on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:14PM (#24511518)
And yet any random person on the street can easily flag something as being political or not political. I don’t accept that everything is automatically political. That is just an unrealistic argument that doesn’t match the reality of how the word is used.
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Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp... by NoodleIncident on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:14AM (#24512933)
You're correct. Almost everyone can efficiently categorize things they disagree with as "politics", while categorizing things they agree with as "common sense".
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Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp... by throwawaysea on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:21AM (#24512976)
Again this is hyperbole and is not how people think. The politicization of everything and denying that some ideas are apolitical are tied. The latter is a false justification for the former.
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