The problem has always been that the definition of who is "right" shifts in any culture (hence the "overton window") and in creating gates you will eventually find yourself on the wrong side of the gate you created.
"Are we going to palliate and excuse a palpable and flagrant outrage on the right of speech, by implying that only a particular description of persons should exercise that right?
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
- A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860), Frederick Douglass
so don't follow them. you're not going to see their posts based on who you follow. my question is why do we have to block servers cause people like your "family" is on there? why do we have to make sure someone on your server can't see what they post?
not federating means deciding for many others who can communicate, when having no algos does so much of this work. we browse freely and avoid shitty sites without our browser having such limits. decentralization works.
You didn't have McCarthy because it was a minor problem. There were tons of communists not only in hollywood, but the government too.
>"Great! What did we win?"
If the guy who got stabbed was Mafia then sure, shit gonna happen.
If he was a White Nationalist there'd be Section8 fires.
If he was a Jew, every one of the mayor's campaign donors would be on the phone promising to pull support to avoid a nasty boycott...
But he's a Marine, who cares about a Marine?
The Marines don't care.
The president doesn't care enough to do anything more than tweet.
Nobody cares -> Nothing happens.
+ St. Maximus the Confessor
This seems to be universal. At one time people would defend at least their local school but the education waters have been so fouled that no one thinks the places should be funded at all (system burned down, and parents can start again from the ashes).
*narrator voice*
"But the department of Justice would not, in fact, launch a serious investigation into the matter.."
Wut? He says that as if it is a normal explanation..
> “Only the fake news could come up with that one,” the president added. “I just heard about it, and I said how did they come up with that? It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better and I do make people better.”
Trump 'not a big fan' of Riley Gaines after AI Jesus image criticism https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5830112-trump-riley-gaines-ai-jesus-post-criticism/ #ArtificialIntelligence #Trumpadministration #Administration #GOPactivists #TrumpAIJesus #RileyGaines #Truthsocial #Technology #CBSNews #vatican #Policy #News
Any failings will be blamed on capitalism or some imagined "institutional bias" and the complete funding mishandling and fallout will be papered over.
Only long after collapse will any kind of honest account be publicly available, at as time when the story has moved on and nobody is looking.
that's not my goal. it's a place where we can all talk to whoever we want and avoid who we want. you seem to think you know who should be let in and who shouldn't. haven't I seen many here don't like you supporting voting for Dems cause the party isn't left enough?
@benroyce @abhayakara @TheStoneDonkey
the fedi should be as open as the internet and as protective as email with spam blocking software. this best balances interactions we each decide we want with helping everyone avoid those they don't want. my community includes my family members who have opinions I hate. your prescription is a very small fedi that feeds groupthink. see how Dems and the further left vehemently disagree re Gaza and so many other issues.
