Re: Re: ick covid...
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Nov 19 2021 07:03 am
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
It is my first amendment right to post political commentary wherever I want.*
* There is not such a thing as a first ammendment in my country, but who cares?
The first amendment also prohibits the US *government* from making laws that restrict the freedom of speech. There's no such guarantee in a shopping mall, someone's house, private university or a BBS.
I'm sure non-Americans are getting sick of American politics, it'd be nice to make some politics-free zones, like maybe, General echoes?
I think FSXNet already serves the purpose of being politically free, to a point. Which is the reason why I think it is less interesting.
There are some dudes here who are very pushy with their views and it can get tirying at times, but I personally prefer that to networks where content that may generate strong opinated responses is not allowed. If there is no marging to post objectionable content there is no margin for meaningful discussion.
I consider this specially true because what may generate strong offended responses changes with the times, often very quickly, and thus the rules are in a constant flux and in the end of the day it is some lone operator deciding which opinions are political and which aren't.
I mean, Vim vs Emacs is not political but it will get people to rip each other's heads, yet we don't ban IT debates in most subs here.
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