BurntPunk

joined 2 years ago
[–] BurntPunk@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Growing up in Alabama we used to joke that the unofficial AL state motto is “Well, at least we ain’t Mississippi” and Mississippi’s motto is “Well, at least we ain’t Missis…AW DAMMIT”

[–] BurntPunk@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have felt a great disturbance… as if millions of jimmies suddenly became rustled and then fell silent

[–] BurntPunk@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People tend to improperly conflate “free speech” with “1st Amendment to the US Constitution”.

While the 1st amendment was based on the concept of “free speech”, people are correct in pointing out that it specifically applies to 1: political speech (ie: “I hate my congressman, and the president is a moron”) and 2: official government response to that speech (forbidding the passing ordinances saying things like “insulting the president is grounds for a $100 fine”, etc.)

That being said, the idea of “free speech” and what it further represents (the idea of a “marketplace of ideas”) is very much an important facet of any democratic society (speaking socially, regardless of politics to be clear). It is the social concept of the marketplace of ideas and free speech that should absolutely matter in this context (speaking to privately owned platforms generally, not this specific instance, considering the complete lack of context in the screenshots lol).

[–] BurntPunk@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Way back in the way back we used to call comments like that “flame baiting”. It’s trying to start a fight, nothing more. Forums and BBs I moderated used to technically ban it, but generally the rule has always just been “don’t feed the trolls”. Meaning: don’t comment, don’t downvote, don’t bother reporting. They just want attention, the only thing that hurts them is realizing that this board will ignore them just as completely as their parents already do in real life.

[–] BurntPunk@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

This is the correct answer to the question that was asked by OP.

Well said.

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