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Although hate speech and disinformation with potentially dangerous consequences do not need to be encouraged in any way, the most zealous efforts to stop such speech also have negative consequences. The problem, of course, is that jokes, irony, parody, various forms of art, or legitimate critique may fall under the generous definition of hate speech or disinformation.
Now there's a forbidden opinion! :-)
How to deal with procrastination
How do you deal with a lack of focus? How do you hold yourself accountable to your commitments?
It's always the same. Re-petition of thought ("conceptual matter") generates (the sense of) re-ality.
Repeatedly see commitments and/or other matters requiring sustained focus as above-average fun/rewarding, genuinely/earnestly seeking out evidence of how/why they are (above-average fun/rewarding) while *enjoying* that fun/reward until they - just like magic! - *are*.
And don't get caught up on whether that means it's not "really real", because there is no such thing. It's how you see/model/re-present it - aka reality - period.
Dec 15 · 13 days ago
🖥️ zetamacs · Dec 15 at 20:20:
And it's a shared opinion.
We must not confuse censorship with protection, nor use it to hold someone accountable.
The freedom of speech entails there will be things people say that someone else, maybe for valid reasons, does not appreciate. But to stifle the speech from being made in the first place is itself an act of violence.
Having said this, just consequences following such speech can be compatible with that freedom. There should be penalties of some kind for public lies, for encouraging discrimination, for inciting bloodshed, and for every manifestly harmful form of speech. THAT is accountability, and part of the high price of freedom.
🚀 Minko_Ikana · Dec 16 at 14:54:
Exactly right. We should not have to perpetually walk on egg shells in fear that someone might accuse you of racism because you called someone a Spatula. And yes, there is someone out there somewhere who would actually deem the label Spatula as racist. There is rampant mass ignorance and stupidity concerning vocabulary and definition. Folks are inventing their own and creating huge problems from absolutely nothing. So every word you utter could potentially be deemed "violent or offensive".