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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2846 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Free Speech and the Paradox of Tolerance

I am saying that there is no practical difference between hush/mute/filtering someone and just outright ignoring them. It's lovely that we have tools in place to allow people to decide who is and isn't allowed to participate in their discussions. But there's not much difference in my mind between that, and saying 'I will not be paying any attention to what you are trying to say, bye.'

I'm not denigrating the hard work put into the site.





b_b  ·  2846 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If there wasn't a practical difference they wouldn't exist. I wasn't pointing that out to say you're denigrating anyone's effort. I was pointing out to say that you're incorrect.