Lately I see a lot of calls do have specific instances defederated for a particular subset of reasons:
- Don’t like their content
- Dont like their political leaning
- Dont like their free speech approach
- General feeling of being offended
- I want a safe space!
- This instance if hurting vulnerable people
I personally find each and every one of these arguments invalid. Everybody has the right to live in an echo chamber, but mandating it for everyone else is something that goes a bit too far.
Has humanity really developed into a situation where words and thoughts are more hurtful than sticks and stones?
Edit: Original context https://slrpnk.net/post/554148
Controversial topic, feel free to discuss!
I don’t know anything about this instance and I’m right now only evaluating what the EH-member just posted above my response here.
I do not see any hate speech, I don’t see anyone disputing anyone else’s right to exist or live, I just see someone with strong belief in free speech. Unless somebody can point me to explicitly unlawful (hate alone is not forbidden, let’s not forget that! Thought crimes are fortunately not yet a thing!) behaviour, I will give the instance the benefit of the doubt… And so should do any reasonable and sound human being.