Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksWats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePokethat@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoBruh, just do your job/hobby. Mods acting high and mighty is a big part of what made reddit so toxic.
minus-squaregunnm@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe good thing about Lemmy you can move to another instance with free speech.
minus-squareImotali@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThis is free speech. They get to say what they please. They are not free from the consequences of those words however. I, as a private citizen and not a governmental actor, can censor them.
minus-squaregunnm@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoI disagree, free speech means the right to express any opinions and ideas without censorship or restraint even if you find them offensive. You said you will remove any comment that is transphobic and ban if “you make an egregiously off colour comment”. That is not free speech, and it’s ok. Your instance, your rules.
minus-squareMediocre_Bard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCensorship and restraint from the government. This isn’t that, so the consequences are not covered.
minus-squareCaptain_Waffles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFree speech is about the government not being able to restrict your speech. Guess what? Lemmy isn’t the government.
Bruh, just do your job/hobby. Mods acting high and mighty is a big part of what made reddit so toxic.
The good thing about Lemmy you can move to another instance with free speech.
This is free speech. They get to say what they please. They are not free from the consequences of those words however. I, as a private citizen and not a governmental actor, can censor them.
I disagree, free speech means the right to express any opinions and ideas without censorship or restraint even if you find them offensive.
You said you will remove any comment that is transphobic and ban if “you make an egregiously off colour comment”.
That is not free speech, and it’s ok. Your instance, your rules.
Censorship and restraint from the government. This isn’t that, so the consequences are not covered.
Free speech is about the government not being able to restrict your speech. Guess what? Lemmy isn’t the government.