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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by tptacek on Saturday July 11, 2015 @03:25PM (#9871211)
If you're going to make an argument that this piece is "pro-censorship", you're going to have to support it with evidence from the text. I just took the time to reread it, and I do not see support for censorship in it.
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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by rory096 on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:18PM (#9871399)
I'd specifically point to the Hero vs Angry Mob motif and the quote "bullying, harrassment[sic] and ugly behavior are out of control on the web," which implies that they must be brought under control. Obviously within the context of the overall spin towards sexism as the sole cause we discussed over there -> (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9871281)
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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by tptacek on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:36PM (#9871458)
The article doesn't saying bullying is out of control. The article says that the Pao incident will renew charges that bullying is out of control. And: Pao's resignation demonstrable did renew those charges!
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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by smsm42 on Sunday July 12, 2015 @01:44AM (#9872697)
As James Taranto likes to note, "some people" in journalism is a first person pronoun.

Or at least some people are saying so.

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by rory096 on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:52PM (#9871520)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

If they expressed any opposing view, that might be valid. But they may as well have stated it as fact.

(aside: that's not a WP: page anymore? lame)

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by tptacek on Saturday July 11, 2015 @05:08PM (#9871575)
You're looking for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Word...

And the problem Wikipedia has with them is that they can disguise special pleading. But that's clearly not what's happening here: there very obviously is a renewed concern over bullying in the wake of the Pao fiasco.

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by rory096 on Saturday July 11, 2015 @05:25PM (#9871629)
Eh, that link just doesn't have the same impact.

The weaseling is in the reverse – by saying their article is only about 'some people' they imply that other people exist, but never give them any ink. Hence I say the sentence is equivalent to stating objectively that cyberbullying is a problem that must be stopped and this incident is proof.

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