A note on Free Speech

[magyarok_saman]

I posted something similar to this in my own journal, but I decided to write it differently, here, taking into consideration the relationship of LJ to Free Speech.

For a breakdown of the First Amendment, go hereWhen Brad first started LiveJournal, he agreed to abide by the rules the government must abide by; e.g., not to restrict free speech

Comments

[delusionalangel]

I don't know enough about the drama here to know what sparked this post, clearly something did, I've seen hints of drama related to the election so I can guess, but I've been too busy dealing with rl to watch so I'll just say...

In a general sense I agree. I'm an admin on a game site that has several hundred players, when their characters die they often don't think clearly but are allowed to set "last words" that appear on their character profile and in a "funeral parlor" for a day or so. For a period of time they were getting out of hand with anti-woman, anti-gay, basically the most vile harassing last words you can imagine that didn't belong in a game and usually had nothing to do with their character, his/her death/ etc which is what that was designed for. I finally wrote a post explaining we'd be lenient because we know when they die tempers flare, but I'd start editing them or banning repeat offenders...

And that before they could scream "free speech to me" it didn't apply. That it was a freedom given by the government (if you're lucky) and that on a private site we can choose what's appropriate. Offending some of our players who are gay, are women, etc isn't something we can stand for.

I assume that's not quite the same here, still same theory, mods can choose what appears in communities they manage. If people don't like it, why bother? There are other communities to join or create one, if this one doesn't suit your needs.

FYI

[eruditeviking]

Cambler is referring to the conversation held here. I don't think it helped to have Rhonan stick his nose in and attack the community again, as has been his want recently.

Insomnia, myself, and several others have tried to explain issues and our stances. While Cambler has been reasonably civil with most of his concerns and responses, his association with certain other individuals who have not made such attempts have made some of us more reluctant to take his own statements at face value. It's not entirely fair, but it's part of the reality that perception trumps intention. This has been the case ever since my post to SOS_USA.