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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Totalitarians, fascists and other scary governments prosecute you without telling you what you did, and everybody agrees that this is an evil practice. But now it's normal and accepted on social media (leminal.space)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Come on. It literally fits the definition.

But instead of wallowing in semantic quibbles, let's address my actual point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I already addressed it. You can say what you want, and private websites have no argument to host literally anything that you want to say.

Why don’t you try addressing my actual point this time instead of quibbling on semantics. I already granted that you can call it censorship, but that does not equate with what is meant when people discuss government censorship.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

My point was the indecency of prosecution without explanation.

It's impractical too, to boot somebody without telling them why, as somebody else in this thread pointed out.

Another person in this thread suggested that such discussions are wasted effort. That such discussion, and the healthy society it engenders, is not the aim of those in control. (Ie the mods' bosses). That they simply want max control for min cost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Using inflammatory language as a way to make your point seem more valid is just manipulative, and betrays the general lack of a point that you have.

You were not “prosecuted”, and I’ll be generous and assume you meant “persecuted”, which again is such an inappropriate use of that word given the mildness of the indecency you experienced.

Is it a dick move to ban without explanation? Yes. Most sites don’t do that though, so I assume you have some very specific grievance that prompted this.

You weren’t banned from the world, and there are many instances in the fediverse, so take your speech to any number of instances where the mods aren’t dicks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Most sites don’t do that though

Actually, it's the rule in Lemmy and Reddit. Apple's app store has a similar policy.

So yes, ubiquitous. A perversion worth discussing. So here we are.