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It is itself uncivilized for writing to be a hate crime.
Writing crafted to justify hate crimes is in itself one.
That is a deeply illiberal notion.
Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy
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Re: Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy
#52The days of "Matz is nice, so we are nice" seem a distant memory of a bygone era. I suppose because they are.
I was just gonna post - If MINASWAN, then WATSMFRDHs?
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#56> Unlike many community non-profits (including the Python Software Foundation), Ruby Central does not hold elections for their board of directors. The PSF is a hellhole where everyone tries to cancel each other. People like David Mertz and Steve Holden [1] who supported other cancellations were cancelled themselves. And of course Tim Peters for opposing other cancellations . You are only secure in the corporate inner…
No links in this post by a green account, and people ate it up.
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That is a deeply illiberal notion.
No, it's just not a liberal-extremist argument.
I’m afraid “liberal” has no longer any recognisable meaning. The free-speech absolutists frequently align with the self-proclaimed conservatives, which are only “liberal” towards ideas they consider correct while they support aggressively condemnation of diverging ideas they call “illiberal”.
I would prefer “progressive”, but that, as well, requires us to assume a direction for where society should progress. In any case, I think that the incentive to suppression of fundamental human rights cannot, by any measure, be called “liberal”.
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No, it's just not a liberal-extremist argument.
I’m afraid “liberal” has no longer any recognisable meaning. The free-speech absolutists frequently align with the self-proclaimed conservatives, which are only “liberal” towards ideas they consider correct while they support aggressively condemnation of diverging ideas they call “illiberal”. I would prefer “progressive”, but that, as well, requires us to assume a direction for where society should progress. In any c…
Whatever you call it, I'm against writing being a crime.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m afraid “liberal” has no longer any recognisable meaning. The free-speech absolutists frequently align with the self-proclaimed conservatives, which are only “liberal” towards ideas they consider correct while they support aggressively condemnation of diverging ideas they call “illiberal”. I would prefer “progressive”, but that, as well, requires us to assume a direction for where society should progress. In any c…
Whatever you call it, I'm against writing being a crime.
I’m for incitement being one, regardless of the medium the incitement takes place.