Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Politico Claims the Idea of Silicon Valley Censorship is a "Conspiracy Theory"" video.

  1. For all of history before the internet, expression has been throttled/channeled/suppressed by social norms (good girls don't show their knees), community organizations (Kawanis, churches, YMCA), and law enforcement interpreting the law according to their perceptions of community standards (it wouldn't do to take the mayor's son to jail for...). The internet has forced openness on its users, and most people find it uncomfortable. Information they would have been protected from in the past is in their faces now. So, ouch! Now I'm responsible for protecting myself from the disturbing effects of harsh notions that I encounter. That's good, and progress in the right direction, even though a few people will have an impossibly difficult time "protecting" themselves, and so express their frustrations in a more or less disruptive way. This is problematic.
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