• Candelestine
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    11 months ago

    Of course they are. But once they start telling other people what to do, they are doing a different thing from that, are they not?

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      11 months ago

      They’re just expressing an opinion just like the Lemmy devs have. (note: I have not looked into what their views are exactly so I’m not saying parent poster is correct)

      Nobody is being forced to do what they suggest.

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          11 months ago

          At the end of the day it is just an opinion even if it is in the form of a direction because the one giving it has no real influence on or ability to make the readers do it and they know it.

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            11 months ago

            Directions don’t only become directions when you have power. They’re just ineffective if you don’t have it. Doesn’t mean you’re not at least trying to control people

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              11 months ago

              That’s really arguing about insignificant semantics just concerning the form and not the actual implications of the message.

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                11 months ago

                That is not semantics whatsoever. “Don’t open that door” is a direction whether it comes from a stranger or a police officer. Why should anything else be different?

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                  11 months ago

                  I can’t help you if you refuse to see any difference and don’t find this constructive with you at this point.

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                    11 months ago

                    There is nothing to “help” me with. You’re just stubbornly refusing to see the point. Telling someone to do something is a fucking command.

                    Stop replying to me. This is a command.

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        11 months ago

        When that opinion is shutting down dialogue, cowardly avoidance and censorship, it becomes a far dumber opinion than anyone else’s.

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          11 months ago

          I think there’s absolutely things worth doing boycotts over. I don’t really like to have much to do with anything that is benefiting Russia for example. We can both have our opinions.

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            11 months ago

            I can agree with and support that. I would not extend that boycott to trying to silence other individuals though. I’d prefer to try to convince them.