Honest question: when did the Internet decide that censorship was only possible by government bodies?
@XaiaX @untimelygamer if we modify that slightly such that i say some of them and not others, i'm pretty sure it's actually true
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@chaosprime@untimelygamer that means retweeting me once but not always is censorship. -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer hm. I misjudged based on the handle. Thought this was some gator nonsense about "SJWs" "censoring" people. Sorry. -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer *nodnod* the origin of the train of thought is in the gator backlash against the Target AU GTA thing -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer but there is definitely some weirdness the online left has done with redefining censorship to mean government only -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer I think because so many claim that Non_Government_Entity is violating their 1st amendment rights, and suppletion. -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer yeah, people bleating about the 1st amendment in regard to private actions definitely helped -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer but i think we came away with some totally wrong "censorship only means things 1st amendment would defend" logic too
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@XaiaX@untimelygamer i mean, if the dominant usage of "censor" for the past century, as in television network censor, is in any way valid -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer I think it's only censorship if there's a tiny or singular control point near the production level. -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer thus not selling a game is not censorship, but preventing the production of it is, regardless of .gov affiliation -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer thus, AU's lack of an 18 rating was censorship, Target choosing not to sell it is whatever. Other stores can/are. -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer it's not censorship if it doesn't result in suppression, only change of venue? could be, but seems exploitable -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer yes, very. There's also a fuzzy area between "no one is selling this" and "no one is buying this". -
@chaosprime@untimelygamer which leads to the question "is a boycott censorship?" It's very similar in result, but not method. -
@XaiaX@untimelygamer yeah... prior vs. post restraint, open vs. secret, accountability all seem relevant
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