I got off lemmy.world because they block VPN connections. Not happening, under any circumstances. I don't trust anyone that much.
growingentropy
joined 5 months ago
Yes, absolutely. We should all be concerned with the source of our ideas and even our memes, as dumb of a concept as that is.
The repercussion to bad speech and ideas is inherent to the current paradigm of the internet: downvotes and ostracization.
Maybe they will wind up on their own forum saying despicable shit, but they were probably going to do that anyway. Bad ideas love a vacuum away from prying eyes and outsiders.
I'm just going to throw in a bit at the end of this thread here, as I find the conversation fascinating.
This is how fascism starts. "We have to control speech for your own good" becomes "hateful speech comes from [insert group]" becomes "we have to stop them."
We are all being weaponized by the internet. Free speech is important. You don't fight fascism with more fascism, you fight it with better ideas.
I don't miss anything from Reddit, I'm just sad that some of the homogeneity of thought came over here to Lemmy.
The last paragraph is vital. Grab a flatpak of any software you need to be more up to date. Flatpaks running on Debian are amazing. Current software running on a stable base.
I have yet to meet the random animal that I dislike more than the average human.
Wait, you're not making your sexuality and gender your identity?
Loser.
No idea. I installed a VPN on my router to get privacy. That's all I ask.