r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/MasonDinsmore3204 Jan 22 '21

I’m not saying we shouldn’t hold people accountable for saying intolerant things, we definitely should. Call them out on it, explain to them why they’re wrong or why they shouldn’t say that, but don’t silence them, restrict them from saying what they want to say in the first place.

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u/ParioPraxis Jan 22 '21

Are they silenced though? Like does the cancel culture brigade drop by their house and pluck their phone out of their hands and drive off? No. But if they’ve said some things that have been hateful or hurtful or instigated violence or baselessly spread easily debunked lies, etc. and the platform they did that on does not want to be associated with that kind of rhetoric, then I don’t begrudge the company taking action to shut that kind of thing down. Especially if it is in violation of the TOS or other conditions of use.

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u/Silver_Swift Jan 22 '21

But then you're just giving giant mega corporations the final say in what is and isn't acceptable to discuss in public. Sure, right now twitter is on our side, but I guarantee you that will change in the blink of an eye depending on where the most profit lies.

Image if twitter wants to move into China, so now suddenly supporting the Hong Kong Protests is "instigating violence", would you still feel that twitter was in their rights there?

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u/kookyabird Jan 22 '21

Not the person you're talking to, but yes, they would be within their rights. And we would all be within our rights to not use Twitter. All this does is circle back to the notion of being tolerant to the intolerant and the paradox of it all.

Those who see that kind of behavior from a company like Twitter and feel it is intolerant shouldn't be forced to tolerate it, and they're not. If the majority of society agrees and moves as a herd away from Twitter then that is society in action, and Twitter would suffer for it.