on censorship, i just saw one of those folks posting about donations for gaza censor it as "g@za" + death as "de@th" and bombing as "b0mbing" which made it get through my filters, which i found,, not great, but i want to hear your thoughts on them doing that since i know you have a lot of thoughts on censorship and probably on donations too, i wouldnt doubt.
I want to save this post for when I have more braincells, but it's been a while, and I'm starting to think I'm never going to have enough brain cells. Also I got really sick yesterday. So here's my mid take:
I think things can be both, that is, good and bad at the same time. Like,,,, filter evading is wrong, because it's disrespecting the viewers consent,, and I also get why the poster would want to do it in these circumstances, because of how crucial money is to their consent (which sounds weird, but yk, I mean like their desire to continue living).
Morality aside, I'm not sure of the efficiency of censoring. If someone didn't want to see your post, is forcing them to see it anyways going to make them more amendable? I....... don't feel like that's the most likely answer.
For corporation censorship, I remember hearing about how Cashapp would block transactions if they mentioned Palestine in the notes, or something like that, I forgot, but I'm quite confident censorship is a real thing happening even though I don't keep up with it.
I guess... how do I say this, corporations are comprised of people, it could be considered a group of people in a way, however, when it's overarching things like this (I'm also thinking of things like governmental policies), they're not making a personal choice to censor, something that blocks only what they see, they're making a choice for everyone else, including people that disagree, so that's why I see personal censoring as okay while corporate censoring isn't. Meaning,, it's understandable to disrespect that.
Also,, since it might be a bit confusing, disallowing a word (like blocking all instances using 'war') and misspelling a word (like 'w@r') are both acts of censorship, but they're different kinds, like the misspelling censorship can be a reaction to the disallowing type of censorship.
Which,,, yeah,,,, I think it's wrong people are forced to censor, I hold more disagreement for the people forcing this censoring. I also know, when it comes to censoring like calling sexual abuse 'SA' instead (so different from the '$@' type of censoring), this is a society problem, basically everyone is brought up to censor, to avoid talking about 'bad topics', avoid calling them out fully, to feel shame and self blame and low self esteem when things like this happen to them, or feel disgust and aversion when hearing about it in general, to just. not want to talk about it. to just not want to say the word. to just not want to look at the problem fully. That's not to say, people haven't had deep discussions about things like sexual abuse, while calling it SA, but I still see it as a subtle remnant, reinforcement of that sentiment, even if they don't mean it. I think the most insidious things in this world, isn't honest harm, but covert and soft harm, because then people can take it into their mind with less resistance than overt issues, fester terrible ideas,, + excuses like 'I don't mean it like that' that wouldn't be so valid sounding otherwise.
So,,, I feel like I'm saying a lot of nothing.
,,, I disagree with that censoring + would block it on a personal level, and I also disagree with the people forcing them to censor (both in the sense of censoring directly when asking for donations, as well as needing donations at all). I mean,, it's very tragic all around, though I suppose, most probably don't see censorship as a tragedy, like wow, what a world we live in, can't even ask for help honestly.
And I guess I don't have much thoughts about donations, they need money, because of the terrible way the world works, that money is required for survival, so they should get it.
I can't imagine any nuance, unless talking about donors? Which,, I have a broader idea for that. An action can be good, really, the terrible things in the world should be rectified, and inaction can still not be wrong, but again, not good either. It doesn't have to be one of the other, it can just be neutral. I feel like people use the good & bad dichotomy too much, it can just be nothing/neither.
But I guess,,, I don't know,,, I think there can be multiple sets of morals, like personal morals and wider morals... Like,,,, inaction can be / is wrong to the vicim, that's valid, and also I don't think people should be forced to fix everything, idk, I don't like forcing people to do things, even bad ppl, bad circumstances call for bad choices, but I still prefer if everyone had the most consensual outcome. I guess also like,,, just because someone is immoral, doesn't mean you have to go out and slaughter them, right? So it doesn't really matter if you categorise them as immoral or not, do whatever is most helpful to you, they can still have their own lives,, and just live separately.
I think punishment hinders honesty, because instead of just considering whether something is wrong to you or not (or to some other person), you have to contend with their treatment based on your categorisation, so it ends up being a heavier decision, that may end up pushing people to consider something okay, when it really isn't, just because they think torture and stuff is wrong (too). I think that's oppressive and actually promotes moral atrocities (no matter how much people call it justice).
I think this was a great question, and I'm kind of pathetic for not giving a good response, just this lukewarm neutral shit, like,,, it's such an important topic.