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Millions read it only because of the backlash, but what about all the people who didn't speak up because of the fear of getting abused by angry mobs and fired? You can't pretend a …

Frankly, all those things that people are going "is it deplatforming?" pretty much are deplatforming, but I figured pointing out the distraction tactic was worth more than engaging…

It's hard to measure, but it does often bring attention to them when we have these discussions. I do feel the left's online attitude is firing back more than it's helping them. Mor…

I think we mostly agree. I was just replying to the idea that people are calling for the government to force speech, which felt like a weird notion (though when it comes to the pol…

No, that's ebg13 trying to narrow the scope of the discussion so they don't have to address the issue. The same thing that's happening in this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.c…

Don't forget https://lineageos.org

China is particularly problematic because they are huge and powerful. I agree it would be better to use democratic countries instead, but since that's not gonna happen, I'm glad co…

I think getting caught up in the "but does it fit the definition of deplatforming?" is a pretty obvious distraction from the issue.

>they were buried under poorly understood and debunked science and statements that were easily misunderstood. I didn't read his essay or follow this case at all, but from Wikipedia…

Not just the US. I think this is being driven by the social dynamics of the Internet. Things like filter bubbles and click-driven journalism. Social networks like Facebook and Twit…

I somehow missed that. His proposal sounds much more narrow however, targeting only companies that have become a "sole provider of some functions". I do think breaking up the monop…

>The government forcing private entities to disseminate speech they don't want to — that's where this leads, right? I don't think so. Is anyone proposing this as a solution? The pa…

Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is.

Maybe not technically, but that's irrelevant. It's part of the phenomenon being discussed.

Did you miss all the Stallman threads we just had? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=…

Wouldn't it better for MIT's reputation if people weren't jumping to the conclusion that one of their professors would willingly rape people? Did anyone actually believe Marvin Min…

It's unfortunate that the legal definition became broader for the same reason I think the common definition shouldn't. I imagine however that most legislatures get around the issue…

I agree the expression "Free Software" has the same problem. However the alternatives also have some problems. He discusses that here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-mi…

Using the word assault causes people to believe a different thing happened. It says nothing about the gravity of each kind of crime except that they shouldn't be the same. The only…

Stallman's position is pretty clearly that we should use precise language always. It seems a pretty impeccable position to me. The only people I can think of who benefit from confl…

Found a few passages in Free as in Freedom ( https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/faif-2.0.pdf ): >A December, 2001, Wired magazine article titled “The Geek Syndrome” paints the portrait o…

I couldn't find any authoritative source, but it's hard to believe anything else if you've been following him for a while.

You shouldn't. There's nothing wrong with it. Having an interest in the opposite sex is the most normal thing in the world and there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to state …

It looks like most of the world has it at 16 and below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

I think a trillion people can find a solution to that problem in under 440 years.