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True, but isn't that the definition of a totalitarian?
A person refusing to waste time on a troll has literally, fundamentally, and atomically nothing to do with totalitarianism
This would be true if exactly the two people are involved but after that you are not the only one affected, also who is to say they are a troll or have a valid opinion? If it is an individual then that is definitionally a totalitarian.
Sure, in a wildly extreme version of it and only when the goverment does it. So, basically not at all.
Many of the people who demand “debate” have no real interest in engaging properly, they just want to spew their shit without consequence. People are getting really tired of it and having to constantly do the legwork for them since they’re not even willing to try a little bit or even learn when obvious facts are presented in their little “debates”.
First things first, what is a government? Because many corporations have more soft and hard power than the majority of all governments through history, the same can be said about certain influencers, is it simply the Monopoly on violence? Because that seems awfully arbitrary and means any bully is a government, I would argue the principal behind it is far more important than some arbitrary definition of government that even international bodies don't agree on.
Second thing second, sure, many, people argue in bad faith, many are improper many are etc but certainly not all and certainly not every influencer or company should be the absolute arbiter of Truth and moral.
"there are some similarities so they are the same because it supports my argument"
“What is government” oh my god it’s a comic you pea-brained pseudo-intellectual. Actually just shut the fuck up.
Oh no, I’m being totalitarian!
It is just a comic, just like trump is just joking about Tariffs and infact the very idea of him ever getting elected is a meme and a joke, or the Flat Earth theory, that is sooooo funny, or how about the Tide Pod challenge, wasn't that funny????????? Or remember all that time ago when school shootings were a Joke? Wasn't that sooooooooo funny ???? 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
Free speech means you don't get arrested for it, doesn't mean anyone is required to listen
No, free speech means you have the right to speak, if you're talking about some government I don't know of it is irrelevant.
It still doesn't mean the right to be listened
It does mean people have the right to hear, and When high profile people are able to censor it is taking away from the open market of ideas as much as any government, sure, you specifically do not have to argue anything, and I am ok with that but it is a fine line to censorship, including for other political powers or corporations, it happens in real life with real influencers all the time.
Don't feed the troll. Block it instead.
I love it when you bunch come out with your whataboutisms and other bs on PCC posts.
it makes it so much easier to block you.
And I love it when you bunch come out with censorship immediately proving my point.