AvaddonLFC ☄️ 🤘@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDo you find it oppressive that online communities tend to restrict freedom of expression to an "acceptable" degree for their theme/userbase?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo you find it oppressive that online communities tend to restrict freedom of expression to an "acceptable" degree for their theme/userbase?AvaddonLFC ☄️ 🤘@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
I’m talking about things such as restricting hate speech, discrimination etc. Like we did with rule 7.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoSo if they make a law opressing some people would doing something discriminatory against those people be less opressive because it’s legal now?
minus-squareyoung_broccoli@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey are asking if, according to your logic, slavery was not oppressive because it was legal. Legality has nothing to do with fairness nor justice. Laws are a tool of control and most of them are oppressive
minus-squareUlu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWe’re talking about laws made to protect people, not oppress them, comparing them to slavery being legal in the past is quite a stretch.
So if they make a law opressing some people would doing something discriminatory against those people be less opressive because it’s legal now?
What?
They are asking if, according to your logic, slavery was not oppressive because it was legal.
Legality has nothing to do with fairness nor justice. Laws are a tool of control and most of them are oppressive
We’re talking about laws made to protect people, not oppress them, comparing them to slavery being legal in the past is quite a stretch.