This is a glaringly bad faith interpretation of my post. You know what I meant - an op-ed featuring say a pro-pedophilia stance should not be published in a national media. This is not "discussion" or "public forum".
Respectfully, and with kindness not provocation: This "you know what I meant" sensibility, when many people don't know what you mean or simply have very different bedrock views that must first be engaged with and laboured on (if not you, then by someone) -- I feel this is part of the chilling effect of the view you're espousing here, and which others are downvoting you for <3
To clarify, i am not talking about pedophilia here, but other "obvious" things
Well I can't really agree here, I would think that Occam's Razor for me getting downvoted for saying that "Media companies should not be hosting op-ed articles like 'pedophilia is good'" is pretty clear at least to me. If that's a "chilling view" then, well, ABOLISH ICE. :)
>> Banning opinions for “things that are illegal” would ban everything from discussion about drug legalization to same sex marriage.
> This is a glaringly bad faith interpretation of my post. You know what I meant - an op-ed featuring say a pro-pedophilia stance should not be published in a national media.
I'm really curious how you're distinguishing pro-pedophilia op-eds from pro-same-sex-marriage op-eds. Is it just that one is bad and one is good? How do you know which is which?
Curious, why should a private company be forced to post op-eds from viewpoints that their editorial board has decided are against their editorial guidelines?
What other things should the government force a private company or that matter a citizen to say or not say?
It looks like your account has been using HN primarily for ideological battle. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of which ideology they're battling for or against, because it's not what this site is for. Moreover it destroys what it is for, so we have little choice if we want HN to survive for its intended purpose.
To clarify, i am not talking about pedophilia here, but other "obvious" things