283 upvotes, 9 direct replies (showing 9)
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It's not your business to cause people to think twice before disagreeing with you. You are saying *"You may discuss things I personally find distasteful, so long as you give up your anonymity. I can do anything I like with that information about who you really are."*
The modern rash of left-wing authoritarianism is appalling. It only took one generation for the American left to go from hating Joe McCarthy to stealing his playbook.
Comment by Gecko_45 at 05/08/2015 at 23:20 UTC
52 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It only took one generation for the American left to go from hating Joe McCarthy to stealing his playbook.
Horseshoe theory[1] in action.
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory
Comment by [deleted] at 05/08/2015 at 21:42 UTC*
-8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by fakeyfakerson2 at 05/08/2015 at 21:58 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Since when is giving a site a potentially throwaway email giving up your anonymity? It's just an extra step to make signing up for multiple accounts a bit more of a pain.
Comment by MainStreetExile at 05/08/2015 at 22:20 UTC
-9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Right. Having to provide an email address you created 3 minutes ago is the beginning of the end. They know everything about you, they are coming for you...
Also, McCarthy? How is his "playbook" more in use by the left than the right, and when did it ever stop?
Comment by aresef at 05/08/2015 at 21:19 UTC
-28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It's not about policing the users. It's about finding a way to starve subs they'd rather not host but have no reason under the current rules to ban. Reddit is not the government. They are a private enterprise. They don't have to give a shit about freedom of speech.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/08/2015 at 23:12 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
you don't have to give up your anonymity to verify email. You can just make a throwaway email.
Comment by vote_pao_2016 at 06/08/2015 at 09:13 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's not your business to cause people to think twice before disagreeing with you.
are you sure about that? ;)
Comment by keiyakins at 05/08/2015 at 21:57 UTC
-8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You're right. It's not their business to provide a forum for it at all, they should just ban any discussion of things they disagree with period. I mean, you believe in free enterprise right? Or do you want Big Government to step in and start regulating what companies can do?
Comment by SuburbanLegend at 05/08/2015 at 22:25 UTC
-7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They are saying "You can discuss things I personally find distasteful ON MY WEBSITE by giving your email address. Or, you can discuss things I personally find distasteful somewhere else."