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Comment by kaolti | Hacker News Reader

Yea. I find it quite ironic that HN of all places is generally speaking supportive of this.

I do think though that the internet is kind of a different game though. I don't think anything can be banned altogether. People will always find a way.

Ultimately we'll just end up creating new anonymous and distributed services where we can talk freely and corporations (lol) and governments can't dictate what is acceptable.

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The pace has quickened though. The big corporations are all coordinated now. Hosters, domain registrars, other infrastructure, payment processors, Traditional and Social Media... everyone is locked in and blindly banning everyone who isn't theirs

True, I'm just saying you can't stop people talking. Nature always balances out one way or another.

The problem with stopping people from talking is that they have no choice but to get violent. In my opinion it's the politicians have ignored the public for so long on issues such as immigration which are fueling this.

Exactly. Censoring has the opposite effect.

It's fascinating to compare it to the desperate fight for Net Neutrality. HN was hysterical when faced with a hypothetical threat, but when we see real examples of censorship the response is filled with apologist arguments and hand-wringing.

The only difference seems to be who is doing the censoring. When it's Silicon Valley tech corporations with a well established left-wing bias, well then they're private businesses who can be trusted to choose which dialogue is okay to have. But when it's corporations outside of Silicon Valley, well the internet will never be the same, be sure to call your congressmen.

Haha good point. Sometimes it feels so ironic I wonder if there's actually a handful of us talking to mostly bots who are indistinguishable from actual people.

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