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-square20fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up13arrow-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-square20fedilinkfile-text
I’m talking about things such as restricting hate speech, discrimination etc. Like we did with rule 7.
minus-squareUlu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoHate speech and discrimination are illegal in many countries, I don’t see how respecting the law can be seen as “oppressive”.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-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?
Hate speech and discrimination are illegal in many countries, I don’t see how respecting the law can be seen as “oppressive”.
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?