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@FediThing @FediTips There are some useful Threads accounts such as The Whitehouse’s account. I follow that acount with my Mastodon client. I would like to be able to continue to follow that account. It would be nice if the Whitehouse would come on Mastodon directly, but I’m not holding my breath. Isn’t there a way to block specific Threads accounts instead of just a blanket block?
@progressivecat @FediThing @FediTips
yes, it is quite easy to block individual accounts. That is what we should encourage. Let people take charge of their own timeline, we do not need people deciding for us what we are allowed to see.
@FediThing @progressivecat @FediTips
I did not miss the point at all. When you allow other people to dictate what is hate speech, discrimination, or any other disfavored speech, it inevitably turns into anything they dislike is hate speech.
It is not far from there that you end up with 19 year old's being charged with a felony because they left black marks on a rainbow painted sidewalk.
" When you allow other people to dictate what is hate speech"
You think it is okay to call for someone's murder? You think calling for massacres isn't hate speech?
What is wrong with you?
@FediThing @progressivecat
What is wrong with me? At what point did I state that it was okay to call for someone's murder?!! What is wrong with you that you feel the need to put such words in my mouth in an attempt to win a stupid argument?!!
@jlcrawf @progressivecat @FediTips
"Let people take charge of their own timeline, we do not need people deciding for us what we are allowed to see."
That's missing the point totally.
If someone is discrminated against, or abused, or beaten, or even killed... they can't opt out of that. There is no block button they can use to avoid those things happening to them in real life.
If you allow toxic lies to spread on social media, it leads to horrific things happening to innocent people in real life, people who may not even use social media at all:
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/
These kinds of lies need to be stopped at source.