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[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Here is something that has become more relevant lately. I remember all the way back to when FPH was banned from Reddit. In one of the threads about it, there was a certain comment in particular that stuck in my brain permanently. Here it is. I still remember reading that comment and shaking my head at the ignorance. You have completely missed the point of the poem. The entire moral of it is that people like you always think you have the moral high ground until "they come" for you too. You have the poem right in front of you and are so arrogant that you are ignoring the message ... just like the guy in the poem. I was reminded again of this comment lately since Reddit's censorship has changed up another gear and since they have been sponsored by a Chinese censorship company that has started shadowbanning anyone using a VPN. The censorship is so bad that even normies are noticing. Just a little schadenfreude for me.
[–] wmeth 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
It's happening already. NZ banning and censoring sites in the wake of "the incident". People in the UK getting arrested for misgendering someone. People in the US calling for social media to ban certain people because they say things that hurt my feewees. It's coming.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
You don't have to tell me. Australia has blanket banned Voat and I'm still fuming about it. I have had to change my DNS settings which has lead to me being unable to view Catbox and Archive links in order to dodge my internet providor's censorship even though I pay them to provide me internet. Fucking Vodaphone and the government both take my money and then treat me unjustly while spitting in my face if I complain.
[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Well fuck.
I blame fat people.
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Wait till you get put off base for being bigoted towards the fat 😂
[–] George_Takei 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Look what the honourable NZ Police did send to the Kiwifarms: The retards tried to censor a fun community.
Kiwifarms is about lolcows, not NZ-
[–] George_Takei 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
What, seriously? VPN shadowbanning. Fucking hell. ... I always use VPN and use Reddit (Sue me ... there are a few good and fun places still there. ... Also even their dog is fat.)
Thanks for bringing it to my notice. I will read up on the topic.
edit It's: Schadenfreude.
[–] DorothyMantooth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah, I still hang out sometimes on Reddit, mainly in their Assassins Creed sub and Unresolved, because I like mysteries. And Kotaku in Action, but I expect that one to be banned at any moment. Hopefully they'll come here.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] ago
I thought I got it right because the red underline disappeared. Serves me right for not double checking.
Here is a thread about the Reddit stuff.
[–] ShitArchon 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
Yep. The normie in that post went "well, I'm one of the good people, so it will never happen to me, bad things only happen to bad people." WatchPeopleDie wasn't even a right-wing sub, cringe sub, creepshot sub, etc. New Zealand authorities have not only screwed over American policemen who need that footage for active-shooter training, they've made everyone want to sympathize with the shooter. If their goal was to make me go "WTF I love mass shooters now" for the first time in my life--when beforehand I hated them because even right-wing ones act directly against furthering any good cause--they've done a damn good job. I'm going to be honestly cheering every time a New Zealand cop gets murdered now, that's how much of a misanthrope they've made me. Why shouldn't I? They only exist to tyrannize the populace and take away our freedom, they didn't even bother to shoot and kill the guy when he was gunning down his victims (meanwhile, American cops are trigger-happy about shooting a homeowner's non-threatening dog).
I remember several years ago when ReallyGheyLuxray posted on /r/socialism about socialists teaming up with capitalists against fascists. I should PM her with a link to her post, point out Facebook, Google and Reddit's censorship policies, and ask "is this what you wanted? Is getting a 400-year prison sentence because Heather Heyer had a heart attack fair? Is jailing a man for "attempted murder" when he fights back against an assailant who hit him in the head with a flashlight? Does the Constitution not apply to right-wingers? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED MOTHERFUCKER? DO YOU ANARCHISTS WANT A POLICE STATE? BECAUSE IT SURE LOOKS LIKE YOU LOVE HAVING A POLICE STATE THAT CRACKS DOWN ON DISSIDENTS."
It's the same shit Altemeyer warned about in The Authoritarians, whether it's left-wingers like John Roy Carlson making a big scare about "secret Nazi armies" or right-wing jingoists going on about how Chelsea Manning is a horrible traitor, Murika, etc. The more authoritarian someone is, the less I like them.
That's why I hate how Voat turned from being an offensive shitlord site in 2015 to a site where damn near everyone's an authoritarian Bible-thumper who'd be better off on /pol/ in 2018--and Kiwi Farms and Cringe Anarchy even moreso. Kiwi Farms, GenderCritical and CringeAnarchy sound exactly like Anita Bryant if you replace "homosexuals" with "troons:"
The same emotional "think about the children!" arguments,
the same "parents who let their kids be what they want are commiting child abuse, parents who abuse their kids for gender atypical behavior are good parents,"
the same "X don't reproduce, they recruit!"
They're similar enough that blasting David Allen Coe's "Fuck Anita Bryant" feels cathartic after reading CringeAnarchy's argument that transition is bad because dads don't like it and have a miserable look on their faces. What about Gabrielle's church-going grandparents in TransGeneration, then? Why isn't Gabrielle's grandfather miserable like that, shouldn't he have the same facial expression if transition is the controlling factor here?
It's like the time a TERF thought antifa were great, until she was on Speaker's Corner, the one spot in England you're supposed to be able to say what you like, and got punched by said antifa. Or all the nice white liberals who supported the ANC on the premise of being nice to Bantus, and then got assfucked by the ANC and got to have power outages, a weak currency, and a Thirld World-corrupt government.
[–] Disdain 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I love whenever I see different versions of this poem crop up, there is always that bunch of 'holy than thou' people who try and diminish the variations by relating it to the original and saying how they 'don't equate', but that is exactly the mindset it relies on people having. Censorship in any form is a disgusting act.
Considering everything that has happened over the past 6 months, you would think people would be more attentive to pro-shadowbanning/censorship/wrongthink mentalities, but I fear we are headed for worse before it gets better. (hell the BBC has a gag order on talking about the Paris riots)