Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by Spivak on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:36AM
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Where do you fall on the difference between “censoring ideas” and “banning hate” because that’s honestly what I’m most afraid of.
Because one, Twitter right now is already difficult site to be on if you’re queer and not using a chain-block extension to deal with bullies, edgelords, and bridagers, and opening the floodgates isn’t exactly going to help.
And two because people spewing hate have already learned to avoid most moderation by dressing them up as “ideas/alternative views”
Some real takes I’ve gotten in my replies unsolicited.
* “I don’t hate gay people I just think they’re existence is a sin, they’re pedophile groomers, and they shouldn’t be allowed to be married.”
* “I don’t hate trans people, I just think that trans men are just confused self hating women, that trans women are rapists, and that they shouldn’t be allowed to have any representation in media because they will brainwash kids into ‘gender ideology’ (whatever that is).”
I both don’t really feel like dealing with this on a day to day basis and I’m really afraid that the literal decades of progress is going to be undone by giving a huge megaphone to these people whose hate manifests in real life harm.
Because one, Twitter right now is already difficult site to be on if you’re queer and not using a chain-block extension to deal with bullies, edgelords, and bridagers, and opening the floodgates isn’t exactly going to help.
And two because people spewing hate have already learned to avoid most moderation by dressing them up as “ideas/alternative views”
Some real takes I’ve gotten in my replies unsolicited.
* “I don’t hate gay people I just think they’re existence is a sin, they’re pedophile groomers, and they shouldn’t be allowed to be married.”
* “I don’t hate trans people, I just think that trans men are just confused self hating women, that trans women are rapists, and that they shouldn’t be allowed to have any representation in media because they will brainwash kids into ‘gender ideology’ (whatever that is).”
I both don’t really feel like dealing with this on a day to day basis and I’m really afraid that the literal decades of progress is going to be undone by giving a huge megaphone to these people whose hate manifests in real life harm.