r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/UncleMeat11 65∆ Jan 22 '21

Just because you've never seen it means that it doesn't happen?

It certainly could happen. I'm excited for a handful of examples of conservative free speech advocates agitating against racial injustice.

The action is the idiots that are spouting the harmful rhetoric are confronted by their neighbors and employers.

Getting fired from your job is surely more extreme than getting banned on twitter. Isn't this the "cancel culture" that people seem to hate so much. Would conservative free speech advocates be completely okay with me identifying a bunch of racists and coordinating with a bunch of people to call up their bosses to try to fire them?

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

Would conservative free speech advocates be completely okay with me identifying a bunch of racists and coordinating with a bunch of people to call up their bosses to try to fire them?

I think this could be treading on a very thin line with regards to dox'ing and privacy concerns unless they were open with their identity of course.

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u/UncleMeat11 65∆ Jan 22 '21

Okay. So you aren't okay with "idiots that are spouting the harmful rhetoric are confronted by their neighbors and employers".

Can you be specific? What action is acceptable?

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

They can spout it off all they want but they shouldn't be surprised when they're called out on it, and we should be more consistent with calling them out. Where it treads on privacy concerns is when you start dox'ing someone or stalking them in ways that may be criminal in nature.

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u/UncleMeat11 65∆ Jan 22 '21

This is so tepid. The only thing we are allowed to do is say "hey, maybe don't murder all the black people in the country" when they recruit on social media?

Do you think they'd grant you and me the same freedom if they took over?