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Hot Takes | HERE'S WHY THE "FEEL GOOD" CANDIDATES ARE BAD CHOICES AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHINGS; THEY CAN TRY TO BAN HATE SPEECH, OR REMOVE OFFENSIVE IDEAS TO ATTEMPT A UTOPIA, BUT JUST CREATE A ONE-SIDED POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHERE FREE SPEECH IS OUTLAWED | image tagged in hot takes,by,richard | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
243 views 2 upvotes Made by anonymous 3 years ago in IMGFLIP_PRESIDENTS
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Richard
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What now?
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I saw it
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Well next time think through what you are about to do
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Look, if you recall everything you did you can achieve your goal
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Richardddddd
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I know, I know the war thing
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look, if you start it everything will end up bad
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They permabanned you, I can’t criticize then with it getting deleted, this is good choice, make sure to spread the word
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But Richard, starting this war won't solve anything, and if it does then at what cost
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Eh I might as well
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You mean you won't start a war?
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Nope
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Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee don't do it
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Why not? Do you think they will ever unban you?
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pretty sure this wasn't the best mov for you-
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I promise you this bitch, You start a war, Hell will be loose for you. So go ahead! Start a war, I f**king dare you infact. I will slam it down on you f**king hard. Let this be a warning. Do it, and I promise this will be the last day you see this stream.
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Well if you start a war many bad thing's will happen and if the point is to unban me I think that it will leave it without question that I will never be unbanned
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You've just f**ked up.
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Please don't start the war
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I disagree that allowing half the stream to turn into a running "debate" about whether the Holocaust occurred adds any value to anyone. "Debate" in scare quotes because there is no debate; it happened.

We're not afraid of debates about genuinely debatable propositions, but not about well-established matters of historical record.

Even if what they're saying is a transparent lie, it has the effect of distorting the debate. At the very least, we're spending valuable time debunking them when we could be discussing how to improve Imgflip.

At worst, gullible passersby start to wonder: Hey did that Holocaust thing really happen? I should check out his Bitchute link...
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If you get power to ban speech that you don’t agree with, why stop there? This whole stream is built on conversations and campaigning, which you need freedom of speech to do fairly. Scar is unbiased enough, he should be the only mediator
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Every stream mod is already empowered with feature/unfeature/delete buttons. Anyone who mods a stream has to decide for themselves what they want the stream to look like, what they find acceptable. I mod enough of them to know. So do you, it appears.

There is no such thing as true neutrality when it comes to content moderation. It's a comforting illusion, a fiction used to justify decisions and make them appear more acceptable.

Example: imgflip.com/m/politicsTOO stream description sets forth exactly what the stream is: a place for liberal memes. You may not like the terms, but they are stated upfront. If you don't like them, then you can leave and go to politics or any number of other political side-streams.

Other example: imgflip.com/m/Politics_Redux by contrast is content-neutral. There are stream terms but they do not relate to political viewpoint, only to refraining from harassment and abuse.

Third example: imgflip.com/m/politics3 is even more free-wheeling. Not only are there no content rules, the stream actively encourages harassment in jest (spoofing off of "politics"). There's only one stream mod, and to my knowledge I don't think they have taken any mod action at all. I frequently use the stream to role-play a MAGA for satirical purposes.

I submit political memes to all of those streams, but I first consider the type of memes I choose to submit in order to comply with and build the character of the stream.

Choosing not to mod anything is a partisan choice, too. Based on the history of the internet, it's a choice that tends to attract those who are incapable of complying with the terms set elsewhere.

Free speech zones turn into hate speech zones, and the reasonable people who would otherwise frequent them flee for greener pastures where they can have civil and productive conversations.
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HERE'S WHY THE "FEEL GOOD" CANDIDATES ARE BAD CHOICES AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHINGS; THEY CAN TRY TO BAN HATE SPEECH, OR REMOVE OFFENSIVE IDEAS TO ATTEMPT A UTOPIA, BUT JUST CREATE A ONE-SIDED POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHERE FREE SPEECH IS OUTLAWED