I have tried to get others to talk about the issue but none will. The only people that do talk about it are so full of shit their posts should be in brown. So yeah, I'm back to talk about the real issues at the risk of having my account destroyed again. Sorry i couldnt get someone better at writing to talk about it but i will try to make it at least readable.
PART 1
Censorship and the denial of free speech.
Before i even get started on this issue i want to point out the meaning of censorship.
Censorship is the suppression, obstruction or prohibition of information.
I often hear from the other side that:
"you havent been censored because your post is still in the blockchain."
Yes the blocks are still in the chain but it does not change the suppression and obstruction of the post. Just because a post is in the chain does not mean it has not been censored. If your rep is below 1 your posts do not show up in the new feed. the information contained in them has been suppressed and at the least obstructed.
"Freedom of speech does not give you the right to come into my house and start calling me an asshole."
I would like to point out to everyone in case they were not aware of the situation but Steemit is Public Area, Your post included. If i come to the post you made and called you an asshole for what you said it is the same as me calling you an asshole for saying something in public. It is nothing like walking into your house or private area and calling you an asshole. you can say what you want back but you do not have the right to censor something because you think anything you post on steemit becomes a private safe space. you do not have the right to censor something because it is in the comments of your post.
"Freedom of speech does not give you the freedom of conquence."
This is a true statement but is often used as a reason for censorship or physical violence, It is not one. Censorship is a violation of a human right and being protected from someone saying something you don't like is not. Commiting Acts of physical violence or removal of a persons human right (freespeech) as a conquence for someone using their human rights is just retarded to me and don't even understand how people can parrot that line then act like because it is a true statement that it instantly justifiys any wrong doing. That saying is about legal action people can take like not being friends with someone or avoiding them or making fun of them and stuff like that, it is not justification for violating someones human rights.
"What you said was highly offencive."
So what? What one person considers offencive another doesnt. You have a mute button and should use it. Just because you find something offencive does not give you the right to remove someones human right to post what they want. Freedom of speech is the right to offend, you do not have to listen or read it (mute button) and you do not have the right to censor what someone says.
"It was hate speech."
No it wasn't, there is no such thing as hate speech where people have the right to free speech. No one can even define this one for me. In order to be able to call something hatespeech you have to remove the right to freespeech. Hate speech is a made up vague term used for anything someone dissagrees with at whatever given moment. The person might as well say words hurt their feewlings.
"Troll/Trolling"
This is another widely vague term used for anything someone disagrees with as a reason for censorship. The simple fact is the word has been destroyed from something that actually had meaning to this stupid new move to use it as a reason for censorship or shutting down a conversation.
Vocal about disagreeing with anything?
Troll.
Post stuff i dont like?
Troll
Have a political disagreement?
troll
It is almost as if the second you get labled a troll all wrongdoings done to you are justified with one simple line, they are just a troll so they deserved it. It use to mean someone that says stuff they disagree with in order to create a dialouge but now its just used to call anyone that does or says something you disagree with. This should not be tolerated as a reason to censor someone and it is pointless to argue on when it is or isnt ok to censor someone if most people wont even admit there is censorship on this platform.
"Your post is still visabel you just have to push a button to see it so its not censorship."
Fact is when something has been flagged into negitive it does not show up in followers feeds. So it has been suppress and obstructed from your followers. Same with the new feed it never shows up there. People that want to see the post (and have shown so by following) dont see the post in their feeds. That is censorship even if you do need to push a button after finding it to read it, then another at the bottom of the post to see the pictures. Extra obstructions after the suppresion.
"Just because your comment is flagged it isnt censorship because you can click the button to view it."
If your comment gets flagged into the negitive or you have a negitive rep it does not show up in the reply feed of the person it was sent to. That is suppression and the fact you have to push a button in order to see them is obstruction. even more so the fact that the button to see them is at the verry bottom below everyones comments is another obstruction and last but not least, know what no one ever wanted to do after reading 157 comments on a post? click the button to see the flagged ones and start back up at the top of the list making them visible one by one. more obstructions to go with that suppression.
Im sure i missed a bunch and im sure i will have some in the comments reminding me that there is no censorship on steemit because...............
Change my mind and get me on your side if you can but im guessing my proof of censorship can destroy any propaganda thrown at me at this point. You cant have a free speech site and at the same time try to make reasons for censorship, and trying to say their is no censorship is either ignorance or pretending to be ignorant so you can virtue signal later to the other censorship fuck tards.
Original posting 5 months ago:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@skeptic/the-steemit-issues-arguments-from-the-other-side-part-1-censorship
Cheers Steemit!
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