tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post4072558303002704159..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: Censorship is Defined by Intent, not EffectivenessRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-31017540933742156542017-10-04T01:06:01.596-03:002017-10-04T01:06:01.596-03:00We've got Chinese-style "struggle session...We've got Chinese-style "struggle sessions" already. In North Vietnam I believe it was called a "kosang". You have something wrong with your thinking and are invited to self-criticize in public. If you don't, anyone with a grudge against you is invited to denounce you publicly.<br />Compare with, "You're White, you have unconscious racism, explain how you have unconscious racism."<br />NOTE: The premise cannot be challenged and evidence is not required.Draconianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027582378862395586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-14619650421313976342017-09-09T04:27:48.910-04:002017-09-09T04:27:48.910-04:00They started doing that a couple years ago - Diver...They started doing that a couple years ago - Diversity Training has been moving from listen-in-silence to requiring positive affirmation. Basically following the three stages O'Brien explains to Smith in 1984 (Spanish Inquisition > Stalin's Russia > 1984). They've been moving from the Stalin approach to the full Oceania-1984 approach.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-627419803725607922017-09-09T04:24:38.074-04:002017-09-09T04:24:38.074-04:00I agree with your analysis re censorship & int...I agree with your analysis re censorship & intent. I've occasionally been annoyed when an interesting discussion got closed down, but I definitely don't think it's censorship. There was one case on your main RPG forum board where I started a thread (asking re free speech supporting RPG publishers) that got immediately locked for what seemed to be censorship reasons - it was RPG related but "too controversial" - but it wasn't you who locked it.<br /><br />Overall, I disagree with your decisions sometimes but your approach seems entirely consistent and non-hypocritical.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-26686492812224139452017-09-08T18:33:37.219-04:002017-09-08T18:33:37.219-04:00It won't be, if the Left get their way. Event...It won't be, if the Left get their way. Eventually, they'll be going after people who've never openly said something but who do not seem Sufficiently Enthusiastic about whatever lies they're peddling. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-55000773138315982112017-09-08T15:57:36.680-04:002017-09-08T15:57:36.680-04:00Only thought is free.Only thought is free.Nerzenjägerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682799127301890341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-4768766841170724752017-09-06T07:43:51.150-04:002017-09-06T07:43:51.150-04:00Of course there is, by looking at precedent and pa...Of course there is, by looking at precedent and patterns of behavior. It's very clear, for example, that I don't close threads because there's people disagreeing with me; if anything, having people to argue with or mock is more likely to keep me interested and thus keep the thread open. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-17000432805986043412017-09-06T06:18:57.990-04:002017-09-06T06:18:57.990-04:00The problem is intent is hard to perceive, apart f...The problem is intent is hard to perceive, apart from one' own of course. And there's really no way to prove you acted in good faith.Kyorouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039756343930755030noreply@blogger.com