Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I was a child of 4chan and the Wild West internet. Shitposting was certainly fun and I think some of the more apocalyptic doomsaying around AI just feels silly and overblown.
On the other hand, much of this apparent embrace of Libertarian policies really seems to come with a huge asterisk a…
Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I was a child of 4chan and the Wild West internet. Shitposting was certainly fun and I think some of the more apocalyptic doomsaying around AI just feels silly and overblown.
On the other hand, much of this apparent embrace of Libertarian policies really seems to come with a huge asterisk attached. It feels like an embrace of extremist political statements, with no protection for other forms of expression. You can call for the extermination of Jews all you want on Twitch but you damn well better keep your VTuber avatars hips covered. You can post all the N-bombs you want, but comprehensive sex education materials require ID verification.
I hope I am wrong and Libertarian actually means Libertarian.
That’s fair. I had the same feeling about this post as you did on the free speech side; making sure it’s truly free is important. I definitely fall on the side of “the last decade has been absurdly censorious”
You are not wrong. The too much censorship and I really hope it's getting better.
I was thinking back to a book I was assigned as part of my High school summer reading program in the early Naughts: People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal-Gear. It left a huge impression on me as a tale of family struggle, prophecy and war. It also featured numerous and graphic sex scenes. For me as a hormonal teenager, it was my first exposure to written erotica and it left a deep impression.
If a teacher had assigned that book today, they would wind up fired or in jail. It's sad how far we have backslid since then.
Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I was a child of 4chan and the Wild West internet. Shitposting was certainly fun and I think some of the more apocalyptic doomsaying around AI just feels silly and overblown.
On the other hand, much of this apparent embrace of Libertarian policies really seems to come with a huge asterisk attached. It feels like an embrace of extremist political statements, with no protection for other forms of expression. You can call for the extermination of Jews all you want on Twitch but you damn well better keep your VTuber avatars hips covered. You can post all the N-bombs you want, but comprehensive sex education materials require ID verification.
I hope I am wrong and Libertarian actually means Libertarian.
That’s fair. I had the same feeling about this post as you did on the free speech side; making sure it’s truly free is important. I definitely fall on the side of “the last decade has been absurdly censorious”
You are not wrong. The too much censorship and I really hope it's getting better.
I was thinking back to a book I was assigned as part of my High school summer reading program in the early Naughts: People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal-Gear. It left a huge impression on me as a tale of family struggle, prophecy and war. It also featured numerous and graphic sex scenes. For me as a hormonal teenager, it was my first exposure to written erotica and it left a deep impression.
If a teacher had assigned that book today, they would wind up fired or in jail. It's sad how far we have backslid since then.