If you support free speech, you must support people pinging other users. It's completely legal speech. If you won't defend pinging as free speech because you or someone else finds it disgusting, then no speech that you or anyone else views as disgusting is safe.
>if it is in fact on shaky legal ground it's reasonable to not want to be the case that establishes it as illegal.
It's not, The reddit admins are straight up lying to the ignorant (like yourself) to justify their prejudice. Pinging being protected speech has long since been estabilished, as it has undeniable artistic merit. The only time it's been included under any obscenity laws is when someone is being charged with possession of harassment, so the state can slap them with more charges. The courts have been very careful to not charge anyone for pinging, because they'd get their asses fucking annihilated by a higher court due to the firm precedence of pinging being completely legal speech. /r/Drama had nothing to worry about, this guy was just making shit up to fool people into thinking his censoring wasn't entirely personally motivated.
You must really love the nword to have been fired and publicly lost a national chain business that bears your name for doijg a thing and two years later be like "yeah, I am trying to stop the thing." Crackheads have better self-awareness.
I mean if you look into this its pretty nefarious on someone's part since corporate essentially forced him into a conference call for 'training', convinced him to say the word N I G G E R on recorded audio, tried to blackmail him with the recording, and finally him fired from his own company for saying that its not okay to call people N I G G E R.
What's the incentive to stop once he's been cancelled? He's already been punished, they can't cancel him AGAIN. At that point, you may as well go all in for spite.
Why even say he's trying, then? Either keep saying it and fully embrace the "literally censored" grifter circuit, or shut up altogether and keep your head down.
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4 employee10038080 2021-03-09
What if instead of alcoholics anonymous, it was nwords anonymous.
1 SnapshillBot 2021-03-09
If you support free speech, you must support people pinging other users. It's completely legal speech. If you won't defend pinging as free speech because you or someone else finds it disgusting, then no speech that you or anyone else views as disgusting is safe.
>if it is in fact on shaky legal ground it's reasonable to not want to be the case that establishes it as illegal.
It's not, The reddit admins are straight up lying to the ignorant (like yourself) to justify their prejudice. Pinging being protected speech has long since been estabilished, as it has undeniable artistic merit. The only time it's been included under any obscenity laws is when someone is being charged with possession of harassment, so the state can slap them with more charges. The courts have been very careful to not charge anyone for pinging, because they'd get their asses fucking annihilated by a higher court due to the firm precedence of pinging being completely legal speech. /r/Drama had nothing to worry about, this guy was just making shit up to fool people into thinking his censoring wasn't entirely personally motivated.
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1 -M-o-X- 2021-03-09
You must really love the nword to have been fired and publicly lost a national chain business that bears your name for doijg a thing and two years later be like "yeah, I am trying to stop the thing." Crackheads have better self-awareness.
3 I_DRINK_TO_FORGET 2021-03-09
I mean if you look into this its pretty nefarious on someone's part since corporate essentially forced him into a conference call for 'training', convinced him to say the word N I G G E R on recorded audio, tried to blackmail him with the recording, and finally him fired from his own company for saying that its not okay to call people N I G G E R.
2 Leylinus 2021-03-09
Clearly shady, but if he can't spot bait he's not really CEO material.
4 I_DRINK_TO_FORGET 2021-03-09
He should just start a new company that makes fresh pizza with quality ingredients.
2 Leylinus 2021-03-09
What's the incentive to stop once he's been cancelled? He's already been punished, they can't cancel him AGAIN. At that point, you may as well go all in for spite.
Fallen Cherub, to be weak is miserable,
Doing or suffering: but of this be sure--
To do aught good never will be our task,
But ever to do ill our sole delight,
As being the contrary to his high will
Whom we resist.
2 pepperouchau 2021-03-09
Why even say he's trying, then? Either keep saying it and fully embrace the "literally censored" grifter circuit, or shut up altogether and keep your head down.
2 Leylinus 2021-03-09
I agree. This sort of measured response is a boomer being out of touch.
1 Ultrashitposter 2021-03-09
A man has to stick to his principles
1 ironicshitpostr 2021-03-09
WE FOUND FEEPO!
1 Jimbo_B_Beterson 2021-03-09
why