▲ -67 ▼ Defederation is just another form of censorship (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by small44@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] small44@lemmy.world [S] -12 points 3 years ago (1 child) You are also free to join facebook alternative yet people complains about censorship on it and defending it on lemmy. You are just hypocrites permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MapleEngineer@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago Freedom of speech almost always comes with freedom of association. The thing that many people miss is that freedom of association also allows you to choose NOT to associate with someone just as freedom of religion includes freedom FROM religion. The instances choosing to defederated from the trolls are exercising their right to be free from association with the trolls. No one is stopping the trolls from spewing their nonsense or stopping anyone who wants to listen from listening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MapleEngineer@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago Freedom of speech almost always comes with freedom of association. The thing that many people miss is that freedom of association also allows you to choose NOT to associate with someone just as freedom of religion includes freedom FROM religion. The instances choosing to defederated from the trolls are exercising their right to be free from association with the trolls. No one is stopping the trolls from spewing their nonsense or stopping anyone who wants to listen from listening. permalink fedilink source parent