Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by eli_gottlieb on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:30PM
(#5973694)
At various times in history the ACLU has defended the KKK.
Yes, and? If you actually believe in free speech, calling someone a Horrible Person is not a disguised argument for shutting them down.
4chan is full of really horrible people. Sometimes I am one of them. This doesn't mean they should be shut down by the government or something. However, it also doesn't mean they're Glorious Heroes Fighting For Righteousness.
Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by jlgreco on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:56PM
(#5973846)
> However, it also doesn't mean they're Glorious Heroes Fighting For Righteousness.
Who is arguing that?
Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @03:24AM
(#5976308)
Seemingly everyone here who claims, against all evidence, that 4chan has a good moral character.
Now surely everyone is going to yell that they're just protecting their beloved web from censorship. However, since I never proposed censorship, that means most of them are arguing against the evil, censorious Congressman in their own heads, rather than against anything I actually said.
Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by indlebe on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:53PM
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I think that less people would have problems with your comment if you stated that you were an oldfriend right off the bat.
Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by mhurron on Monday July 01, 2013 @06:36PM
(#5974098)
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> oldfriend
Hey wait a minute ...
CENSORSHIP
Re:4chan now offers self-serve advertising starting at $20
by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @03:26AM
(#5976317)
But I'm not an oldfriend. I've only been making intermittent visits to 4chan for a couple of years now.
I see no problem with defending freedom of horrible people. Both from an ethical standpoint, and from a pragmatic standpoint (I would rather those people communicate in a way that has some visibility/oversight. You are not going to stop them, only push them underground; I think most would agree that would be a bad thing.)