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What's the point of a FOSS platform like Lemmy when opposing political views get censored? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/conservative

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I know this platform is full of communists, but come on. Stop locking yourselves in an echo chamber.

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[–] Majorllama 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is extremely weird to me how many people I talk to on the left that are totally fine with doing away with free speech. I'm glad there are people like you that still exist. Sadly you appear to be a fairly small minority on the left....well at least on this site and most of the internet. Seems moderate lefts either don't speak up or don't use social media much for some reason.

I have tried explaining why echo chambers and shutting down anyone you disagree with is bad so many times and you just get downvoted for saying that around here which is nuts. Most of these people seem to WANT to be in an echo chamber. Very concerning.

[+] Fecundpossum 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] Majorllama -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why do you chucklefucks always assume that anyone who says they believe in free speech must want to call people slurs.

I believe that a person should legally be allowed to say whatever they want. You cannot start picking and choosing what counts as free speech or not so yes unfortunately that means words you don't like are included. And yes as you pointed out freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences.

The blue collar dad that wants to misgender trans people all day cannot be LEGALLY punished the same way I don't think anyone should be punished for speaking out however much they wish about whatever politicians or political powers they disagree with. Family and society can shun them, but the government cannot legally punish them for expressing their opinions no matter how much you dislike them. Because even though you can't imagine it right now for some reason YOU might be the person who is standing their ground and saying what they believe in, but now your ideals are illegal so sorry jail time for you. You got rid of freedom of speech and now the powers that be have flipped so you're opinions are illegal.

I do not understand why this line of thinking is so difficult for some people to wrap their minds around. In China you cannot speak out against Xi Jinping. You can't even mention certain atrocious their government has committed like tiananmen square. THAT is the consequence of not having free free speech.

I'm literally fighting or your right to be able to speak out against anyone you feel morally obligated to do so regardless if I agree with you or not. I cannot understand how you would want to take that away from yourself.