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Post by ytrytr »

dnissley wrote: post #238
hakka-nyu-su wrote: post #219

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As I understand the term "cancel culture", it mostly relates to celebrities who were already controversial or polarizing in some way, that were finally able to be organized against. And in many cases, the same celebrities are still able to have a career that is sometimes even boosted by their ability to campaign against "cancel culture" generally. Do you have any books/articles/resources for thinking about "cancel cu…

Regular folks who were "cancelled": - David Shor - Justine Sacco - James Damore - Adria Richards A full list would be a mile long

(I made this standalone comment somewhere else because of you so I might as well reply directly to you)

HN is filled with people who are hardly ever on the receiving end of abuse bemoaning "cancel culture". Yeah yeah, cry me a river.

People are really out here using Justine Sacco, who spoke about going to a country and getting AIDS and got rightfully attacked by the citizens of that country, as a poster child.

Lol it seems like a lot of you have lived lives without consequences for your actions and are suddenly surprised that this is how the real world works. I personally wouldn't cancel anyone but I hope cancel culture lives forever.

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Post by asdfman123 »

surround wrote: post #212
adrusi wrote: post #92

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ISP -> VPN -> Tor can be a good idea depending on your threat model, but if you're not completely sure that you need to do so, it's best to avoid it. ISP -> Tor -> VPN is generally extremely stupid, as tor is doing absolutely nothing for you if your VPN subscription is tied to your true identity. If, on the other hand, your VPN subscription is completely isolated from your true identity, then this can be a good way t…

Why though? How is there any benefit to using a VPN with TOR? Especially when it’s obvious that there’s a lot of risk involved.

Because it shields the fact you're going through Tor. Tor network traffic alone is a red flag that you're doing something shady, even if it isn't sufficient proof.

A comical example is when a Stanford student used Tor to call in a bomb threat to get out of an exam. Turns out he was one of two people on the entire campus network using Tor. The police talked to him and he admitted to it.

(Side note: if you're going to do crimes don't admit to them when asked.)

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Post by jaccarmac »

throwaway894345 wrote: post #202
jaccarmac wrote: post #189

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Do you think that political engagement is a game with no consequences, or do you think that there is a point where it would be reasonable to feel unsafe around someone with particular political views?

If your "political engagement" is slandering someone to their employer with the express goal of having them terminated, then I think that should come with consequences. But I wouldn't materially punish someone for simply having these kinds of abhorrent beliefs. In other words, if you believe it's okay to harass people for wrongthink you shouldn't be punished, but if you actually do harass people for wrongthink, you s…

Clearly I need to spell this out more clearly. Do you believe that support of Trump should be without consequences? I don't have the details of the three cases discussed above, but the lack of detail is exactly the problem: It paints politics as a game that we can supposedly play with no real-world results. I object to that framing (as well as the framing that any degree of "support" for a candidate is equally damning).

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Post by ativzzz »

syshum wrote: post #339
ativzzz wrote: post #118

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It's not any different from republicans calling liberals libtards, antifa and communists whenever someone talks about medicare for all. Both sides do it to each other, right wingers just complain about it more because the majority of people who control social media platforms tend to be left leaning. In general, people only want free speech for things they want to say, but not for things they disagree with.

Yes naming calling is very different from an organized effort to up end someone life. Calling someone a "libtard" is not the same as 1,000 angry mob members calling a persons work place to get them fired

Companies aggressively take action against its employees who are pro-union, pro-labor, or anti-corporate. Example amazon 2 months ago: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fires-warehouse-worke...

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Post by jaccarmac »

Analemma_ wrote: post #203
jaccarmac wrote: post #189

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Do you think that political engagement is a game with no consequences, or do you think that there is a point where it would be reasonable to feel unsafe around someone with particular political views?

Do I think it is reasonable to feel unsafe around someone just for supporting the candidate that 63 million people supported in the last election? No, no I don't.

Nope, but I believe there are a lot of horrid people who supported Trump. Providing these three supposed anecdotes serves only to muddy the conversation and peddle the "cancel culture" myth. Do people get fired for stupid reasons? Of course. Some of them even get fired because of stupid reasons that Twitter dug up. But that's a problem with labor rights, not a cultural shift.

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Post by asdfman123 »

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #88

My personal interests are too varied and too niche to have much overlap with anyone else. The number of people interested in compilers, cryptography, radio electronics, trad climbing, bouldering, bird watching (I post checklists to Cornell eBird), marlinespike seamanship, knots in general (I'm in the International Guild of Knot Tyers), who play the Great Highland bagpipes, Irish traditional music (tin whistle & bodhr…

I think you need to tone down your highly illegal and risky bird watching blog posts then.

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Post by jaccarmac »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #208
jaccarmac wrote: post #189

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Do you think that political engagement is a game with no consequences, or do you think that there is a point where it would be reasonable to feel unsafe around someone with particular political views?

I would not feel unsafe around someone who voted for Trump, though I might question their morals. I would not feel unsafe around someone who voted for Hillary, though I might question their judgment. I would feel unsafe around someone whose political views were that you should be fired if you voted for Trump. (I would also feel unsafe around someone whose political views were that you should be fired if you voted for…

Do you grant that some people may feel differently about the politics of Trump, or should we shape our cultural norms (after all, that's what we are talking about when we mention "cancel culture") around what YOU think is reasonable or unreasonable politics?

Re: Blog Anonymously

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Post by asdfman123 »

vorpalhex wrote: post #65

This is very incomplete advice for the given threat scenario of "fearful of government persecution". > Snagging a cheap or used device is a good option Cheap devices may well phone home and a used device may be tampered with. I was surprised when reflashing a burner Xiaomi device to see the bootloader contained a nod to the CCP. > Navigate to WordPress.com and setup a free account with that new email address. Certain…

This is good advice for people who are sufficiently safe to not face any repercussions, but sufficiently narcissistic to think anyone cares that much about what they have to write.

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Post by Klinky »

throwaway894345 wrote: post #356
Klinky wrote: post #349

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I believe free speech does not cover "true threats". I don't think a consumer complaint threatening to not do business is going to be considered a "true threat" against a company.

Free speech doesn't cover any kind of threats. We tolerate "veiled threats" to the extent that we can't confirm that they are threats, and they are difficult to confirm by design and definition. They exploit our presumption of innocence.

Threats of all kinds are made every day, and often in completely legal contexts. Threats of violence are often less tolerated, but even in some contexts protected under freedom of speech.

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Post by asdfman123 »

k3liutZu wrote: post #9
deathwarmedover wrote: post #5

When the author started with "this is not fool-proof by any means" the first thing that came to my mind was linguistic fingerprinting.

He does advise to use google translate to move the content from the original language to a different one and then back to alleviate this.

Wonderful. Then someone DEFINITELY won't want to read your blog.
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