Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by raxxorrax on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:09AM
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Sorry, we had emergency legislation because of terrorism since 2 decades now. A bit desensitized by now. Perhaps I should look for something that induces fear?
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by chasd00 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:45PM
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i regret that i have but one upvote to give. I'm a little tired of the constant state of emergency and pearl clutching since about this time of year 2001.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by TimTheTinker on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:19AM
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This sounds like the rationale government leaders often employ to institute a dictatorship: "temporarily remove freedoms and grant the president emergency executive powers".
But somehow "temporarily" becomes "permanently" because no one in power wants to voluntarily give up that power.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by TimTheTinker on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:23PM
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"Emergency powers" formed an important link in the chain of Hitler's rise to power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/emergency-...
"There's no time to be debating the scientific consensus right now. We are in a crisis. Lives are at stake. Debating and questioning the consensus (even if it changes) will cause misinformation to propagate and lives to be lost. The only way to optimize for lives saved is to temporarily take away some fundamental freedoms like speech so that the smart people in charge can resolve the crisis with minimal loss of life."