05-12-2022, 11:40 AM
(05-12-2022, 10:16 AM)Dill Wrote: I should hope that people who violate others' basic democratic and human rights can be prevented from doing so, if possible, and held accountable.
Incels are going to have a field day with this woman.
It's sincerely interesting that someone as educated as you can fail to add one to one and get two. Your first sentence does explain your position in this thread. You apparently have no problem with the "ministry of truth" because you agree with their mission.
(05-12-2022, 10:57 AM)hollodero Wrote: Ah. Now for sure I think that online harassment is a gruesome trend that deserves to be called out and opposed with vigor.
That being said, how does it amount to her having her basic democratic and human rights violated. Online harassment, as awful as it sure is, isn't that. At least not in my view, but I'd be open to have it changed.
And again you actually understand the point being made when others do not. Aside from the fact that "harassment" is subjective it is most certainly not an offense on the level of denying someone their democratic or human rights. Anyone who could label it as such has no business being in the business of deciding what the nation is told is true or false. As for making online harassment illegal, we'll that whole first amendment thing kind of gets in the way. Of course not for the EU, which has no such thing, but here in the US, where this odious woman will actually be working for the government, her position is as untenable as it is hyperbolic.
The question then becomes why would she label such behavior in such an extreme, and inappropriate fashion? Because if you label something as innocuous as calling someone a "dumb *****" and assault on their democratic and human rights you lay the groundwork for making such conduct illegal. This woman is as transparent as she is partisan.
