At what point does a reasonable burden of context sensitivity turn into speech policing? There’s a genuine problem here. Nobody talks about free speech/expression if shushed for inappropriate language at a funeral. But a context like Twitter is unprecedented in scale/diversity.
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To expect to keep the same burden of context awareness as small meatspace settings is silly. The likelihood of context collapse is too high. Take it private if you don’t want burden. But to expect burden to scale to the point where conflict is entirely preempted is also silly.
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Free speech hardliners have to work harder at being more context sensitive, even if dealing with issues like being on the spectrum. And outrage merchants have to grow a thicker skin/patience. Basically when half a billion people are in the same room you have to grow/learn/change
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Replying to @vgr @VincentHorn
You’re doing the classic thing of conflating the Nazi with the guy saying that you actually shouldn’t use force to stop the Nazi from standing on his soap box. Advocating free speech does not thereby make the advocate accountable for the content of all speech.
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Also unclear why you’re talking about force. I’m talking about people moderating their own speech via context sensitivity.
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Replying to @vgr @VincentHorn
You said that “free speech advocates need to work harder at being more context sensitive.”. But nothing about such advocacy entails a lack of context insensitivity. Do you just mean some specific group of such people that you have in mind?
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Replying to @RealtimeAI @VincentHorn
Twitter people who complain when people call them out for things they say like they’re being muzzled
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Replying to @vgr @VincentHorn
I think the main point of disagreement here is whether a Nazi should be able to have a job and live in society. Liberals tend to think they should have to be homeless until they publicly repent of their beliefs. I think that is essentially physical coercion.
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Meaningless strawman.
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