Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by ericye16 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:18PM
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I cannot believe someone would look at the current situation and think to themselves "they decided to do this because they weren't allowed to offend people on college campuses." If anything the current situation is caused by a lack of moderation and instead giving absolutely everyone the same level of authority and deference online, regardless of whether they deserve it. Every bozo gets their own twitter and substack and people follow it if they want to, and it leads to delusional and violent people finding leaders to follow. 20 years ago these people would have had much less opportunity to speak and reach followers, not more, and things were better then.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by aksss on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:49PM
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20 years ago we started an un-ending war in the Mideast that stemmed from a lack of critical evaluation of what the intelligence community was telling us. For you to say things were better then.. for whom? And even if I were to agree with you I'm not sure it's appropriate to lay the blame at the feet of information technology. Social and cultural evolution happens (has happened) without mass adoption of the Internet.
Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:57PM
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> 20 years ago we started an un-ending war in the Mideast
Or, given the conflict starting from the first Gulf War and continuing up until the second, maybe 30 years ago.
Or, given the US deep involvement in the immediately preceding Iran-Iraq war, maybe closer to 40 years ago.
Or...
Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by _qulr on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:52PM
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> 20 years ago these people would have had much less opportunity to speak and reach followers, not more, and things were better then.
20 years ago was the disputed 2000 election, 9/11, Department of Homeland Security, Gitmo, invasion of Afghanistan, lies about WMD, invasion of Iraq, etc. So no, I wouldn't say things were better then.
Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by refurb on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:19PM
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It’s truly amazing how quickly people forget.
Reminds me of the rapid increase in housing prices now and concerns about a bubble. I mean, 8-9 years ago it was non-stop articles about how nobody would be fooled again by a housing bubble.