We're constantly denying our responsibility to manage our emotions and giving it away to others, so that they can protect us from ever seeing anything that might upset us.
Some people seem to think that there are authorities we can trust to enforce the lines we draw in the sand on what is acceptable speech and what isn't.
There is no such authority. People abuse authority because they can and guess what. When you'll try to say "Hey, you can't do that!" they'll just ban you too.
It is hard and unpleasant and disturbing to deal with reality. It's still real though.
8Chan isn't being targeted because they hurt people's feelings, they're targeted for being a breeding ground for terrorists.
Feel free to make whatever argument you want about whether platforms should be forced to provide service to websites that radicalize terrorists, but please don't make this about something it's not.
> please don't make this about something it's not.
No, you are. How do you think 8ch manages to be a breeding ground for terrorists? By kidnapping people and sending them off to terrorist training camps?
Obviously their method is emotional manipulation. That includes hurting people’s feelings. Censoring speech to protect people from that is a piss poor long term strategy compared to equipping them to properly deal with it. Society will end up as a bunch of babies unable to deal with reality.
Some people seem to think that there are authorities we can trust to enforce the lines we draw in the sand on what is acceptable speech and what isn't.
There is no such authority. People abuse authority because they can and guess what. When you'll try to say "Hey, you can't do that!" they'll just ban you too.
It is hard and unpleasant and disturbing to deal with reality. It's still real though.