I’m usually a huge fan of self-determination, but I’ll make an exception to prevent a holocaust.
This is literally fascist behavior
If your argument is “fascists did it so it’s fascist behavior”, then so is eating waffles.
Blocking pro-fascist media is fascist now?
Secretly manipulating what other adults are allowed to consume because you think they can’t handle it…hmmm…I wonder who else did that.
I get where you are coming from, where moderation of media can become thought control.
Unfortunately, the Paradox of Tolerance means we have to be intolerant of intolerance, of stochastic terrorism, of manipulation and disinformation, of yellow journalism, of hate.
In the case presented by comic, I see it as a white lie to help someone get outside of a toxic echo chamber that is Lox News, I mean Fox News Entertainment.
So you get where I’m coming from but somehow this philosophy makes it… Inevitable?
This is sounding more fascist by the minute
“I had no choice, I was just following orders”
More like acceptable.
No one is immune from propaganda. Not you, not me, and not the older generation that’s been proven to be very susceptible. The ideal is to have a discussion about it, but given the toxicity of the right wing and how very skilled they are, I get it. Hell, I told my sister to do this exact thing to my grandpa. Because I cared about him and that shit, on top of being evil, probably isn’t good for blood pressure and stress.
We make decisions for each other all the time and the news can be obtained elsewhere. Far from fascism.
Very well put, thank you
All I’ve gathered from this discussion is it really is fitting that the comic is a play on the word hypocrisy.
Either way, thanks for the discussion.
Legit question. What would you do? A loved one is in a right wing pipeline. They are resistant to discussion regarding the topic (as is common with such things). There are known negative health, life, and moral outcomes to letting it continue. It is known that removing the easy access has positive results. You have the ability to limit them in some way that would not harm or truly limit them (as previously stated, news is obtainable from many sources).
The trolley approaches and your hand is on the lever. What’s your solution? Because this isn’t a thought problem. It’s something that real people are dealing with every day.
It is acceptable to label objectively dangerous ideas as dangerous. You cant tolerate hate and propaganda or else you get the current state of the US
