Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Arelor
From : Jeff
Date : Sat Jan 29 2022 13:27:45

On 29 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 Ar> The problem comes when some moron shows up and reconstructs something
 Ar> you said 3 years ago, casts it under a bad light, and gathers a lynch
 Ar> mob.
 Ar> The prime examples would be people in the RPG hobby who mention that
 Ar> they don t want corebooks to deal with politics or sexual subjects
 Ar> because the books are not the place for doing it. The standard response
 Ar> to that is for a mob to build up and attempt to destroy that person s
 Ar> online presence because he is obviously a Nazi (because only Nazies want
 Ar> their RPG books to be politics-free).

What attemptsto destroy someone's online presence are we talking about?

 Ar> Obviously then you can say "He should be self-moderating". But the issue
 Ar> I have with this is that what you mean is some opinions should not be
 Ar> voiced at all and that you are ok with it.

Free speech is not consequence-free speech. With the exception of policing
illegal activity, I don't think the government should be in the business of
regulating others' reactions to one's speech.

Sometimes a company does or says something unpopular and people then boycott
that business in an effort to punish them by taking their business elsewhere.
Often they make it widely known who they are boycotting and why, and urge
others to join them. These people are actively trying to damage the company's
reputation and profits in order to send a message: "We don't like that thing
you said or did."

How is this any different?

Jeff.

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