so i’m writing this because i see a lot of comments removed from this community routinely.
i think we need to talk about fundamentals of what it means to be a human. to be human means to have a soul and to believe in people’s wisdom and willingness to learn and find themselves. this can only happen in an environment where people can make mistakes and not shot down when they make one.
this is a fundamental principle of human existence. i’ve seen troubling tendencies in this community that comments get removed routinely by the moderators, mostly for not fitting the moderator’s views. you have to let people talk. they may be wrong but without discussion there is no development. if you whiplash people’s thoughts, you’re only gonna end up with dogs, and that’s not good.
There is no such thing as “free speech.” Freedom of speech in reality means letting the ambient positions of the ruling class proliferate. In English-speaking spaces, that is overwhelmingly going to be liberal. You can either hide the space, so only socialists find it, or you have to take an active stance in removing that which serves primarily to disinform the populace. Otherwise, you have to spend a tremendous effort in responding to each and every claim made.