The Anti-Censorship DNP Pledge

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@Background Pony #8B38  
You are right about Skoon.
 
People, please do not be lulled into a false sense of security just because he’s “polite”. Politeness is irrelevant when you are advocating for the removal of rights. I don’t care how little he swears or how much he says he’s “just wanting to talk”. There can be no compromise on this issue. There is no discussion to be had. “Don’t lump me in” is a redirect of the actual issue. I couldn’t care less what his actual self-described ideology is; he is an enemy of our cause.
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@Cammera  
regardless of what they tell you in discord, or any posts they make, they’re still going to be the same people banning what they don’t like and allowing what they do.
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@Latecomer  
We’ve explained our points several dozen times over the course of almost two thousand replies. If you read the discussion and still don’t understand it, the ball’s on you. I don’t care. Kindly go away and let people stay in topic, not amble after you.
 
@Background Pony #8B38  
I’d rather not argue with someone who asks “But why though” fifty times in a row, which is the impression I am getting at an admittedly quick and tired glance. Why should we spend our energy explaining the point to soemeon who’s not affected by it? This isn’t a thread for philosophy.
 
And now as I made abundantly clear by how obviously grumpy I am, I’m going to sleep. Don’t let the 2020s bite.
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@Latecomer  
How about “Nothing off-topic & nothing illegal” that seems like a pretty good standard.
 
Free speech is a good argument. There is no reason to prevent content from being seen simply because you don’t like it. Also, the slippery slope is only a fallacy when it is used on it’s own. The fact that we have moved from removing nazi content to all harmful and hateful content is a literal slide down the slope.
 
Oh, you know, historians, artists, art fans, nazis, people who like dark humor, collectors, archivists, anti-censorship people… Need I go on?
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@Background Pony #8B38
We disagree on this, because Skoon was actually engaging with others and he bounced off not quite because he failed, but because by engaging you take the risk to be persuaded otherwise. Latecomer meanwhile is “throw obviously designed to be bait shit at the wall and see what sticks”, without engagement and hence no risk to him.
 
Just for the record I am leaving because I am actually tired. I’ve never been afraid to have my mind changed, and because of those of you who returned the favor of civil discussion, I genuinely have some things to think about.
 
It’s just I’ve been at this literally all night. Case and point, when I meant to leave I kept mindlessly refreshing because I have entered some kind of zombie state. haha Wasn’t even reading until the last minute. Just staring.
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See what I mean about being under a microscope?
 
Everyone, especially bystanders who don’t even produce anything of their own, suddenly thinks they know more about the content and intent behind an art piece than the own artist who made it
 
It really isn’t as deep as “leave me alone to draw whatever I feel like”, no matter how bad you want it to be. And I could care less if you insist people haven’t convinced you
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@Zatss  
(Skoon isn’t even polite in the first place)  
I couldn’t care less what his actual self-described ideology is; he is an enemy of our cause.
“And enemies must be killed, Artyom”, right? NO. Enemies must be deconverted. Anyone pro-censorship who comes to this thread either is obviously baiting and grows bored if people just stop taking the bait for once, or engages and puts themselves at risk.
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@WhiskeyPanda  
To my understanding, the intention was to DNP and never post. Which defeats the purpose of archiving as much pony as we can.  
I might be wrong. As I have stated: my not-contribution to this thread is mainly an emotional response.
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@Armagedonus  
Yeah, I know most people don’t have the experience in baiting people for cheap lulz and hence don’t recognize it themselves. If you can’t, looking at what their messages are and how they respond works. If they play the fool, say obviously wrong/pseudo-misinformed (especially if designed to be contrarian and inflammatory) things, go “but what if [something else]”, misinterpret the others’ points and positions, they’re most likely baiting.
 
P.S. Also, you shouldn’t respond with new words to first question, but link to the post where the most detailed response to the same question was. For people truly there to discuss something, it gets them up to speed, for the baiters, knocks the wind out of their sails.
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@Zatss  
I could listen to someone advocating removal of, not rights yes, but “comforts” perhaps, or any other token, as long as the other party has to actually give up something as well. Or both parties have to lose/gain in different areas, but symmetrically so.
 
@Barhandar  
And how do you “deconvert” somebody who thinks going 100% one way is a compromise? If he actually thinks that, and again, I stand by my words, doesn’t treat us as an idiots with whom he can pull of this semantical gymnastics?
 
That snake just tried the utterly clumsy attempt at substituting the meaning of entire core concept of his message about alleged “compromise”, clearly insulting whoever intelligence he thinks would fall for it. And then just got all evasive instead of explaining that one thing, when asked by multiple people, in case that wasn’t intentional on his part. That sealed the deal for me.
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@Barhandar  
I’ve talked to him privately and publicly. Multiple people have. He is not willing to budge on the issue. Nobody is budging on this issue. I don’t understand why you guys think this is something that can just be talked out. Have any of you seen a single example of this being the case over the last few days, or any other time for that matter?
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