Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Jeff
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 18:44:45

  Re: Re: Computer Kits
  By: Jeff to Arelor on Sun Jan 30 2022 06:26 pm

 > On 30 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 >  Ar>  > Why does exercising one's rights, especially those of speech and exp
 >  Ar>  > need justification?
 >  Ar> Oh, you don't *need* a justification.
 >  Ar> But we are talking about openly hostile activities with  quite aggressi
 >  Ar> goals, so if somebody partakes in such but does not provide a credible
 >  Ar> justification, he will come across as a spoiled brat throwing a tantrum
 > 
 > And presumably society will impose consequences on them for such behavior.
 > 
 > "Cancel culture" is neither good nor bad, and it can be used for good or bad
 > I could agree that arguments against certain applications of "cancel culture
 > are valid, but arguing that "cancel culture" itself, or society's ability to
 > self-regulate and pressure its members into conformity, is bad is a
 > non-starter.
 > 
 > Jeff.

I think it was Hayek who said that the most important trait of a free society
is that you can have an impopular opinion without it ruining your life.

What we see nowadays is people trying to ruin other people's livemaking, not
because they have an impopular opinion, but because they have an opinion they
dislike. Even if such opinion has no relationship to the way the target makes
his living.

If my boss fired me because I voted for a different Town Hall candidate than he
did, he would be frowned upon, but somehow, there is this big mass of people
who thinks it is good and righteous to send letters to people's employers and
providers and demmand him to be kicked out because of some personal opinion
which has nothing to do with his job.

The same people who partakes in such destructive behavior are the sames that
complain because this or that politician was divisive.

If you delve deep down into certain echo chambers I can think off, it is very
clear that the end goal for a lot of cancellers is for making it so having an
opinion they don't aprove off is no longer safe.

To claim this is any good, my friend, is the real non-starter.


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