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Voat is the Symptom but not the Problem. Horseshoe Theory

posted by [Deleted] on Whatever

Radical free speech is important and a cornerstone of the US. Yeah, you've got some real shitheads on voat but also a lot of decent people that just don't hold the previously approved PC opinions. The internet was way better before it began to coalesce into megacorps like google, fb, and reddit. Instead of defending free speech they caved to advertisers. The issue w/ that is someone is always pissed off by something and the smallest groups shout the loudest. Now we've got a situation that's gotten out of hand and even regular conservatives are targeted. Voat is basically a concentration camp for free speech online. They've rounded up all the "wrongthinkers" and sent them to one place.

Before reddit and that Mountain Dew (the hitler did nothing wrong naming contest) troll happened /pol/ was libertarian more or less believe it or not. The PC left is Frankenstein and Voat's their monster. Assholes were fewer and farther between online before they all got shipped to the same place.

When you start inventing shit like "micro aggressions" and telling everyone their racist nonstop... I could provide a thousand other examples. The left has even managed to bring back segregation on college campuses only this time they're called "safe spaces" and black only dorms.

The Radical Left and the Far Right are every bit as bad as each other and more alike than they are different. They both have a need to be authoritarian in order to stay in power. (Horseshoe Theory)

Reddit, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. have no shortage of racists. They've just got the "right kind" in our weird double-standard culture.

Radical free speech is important and a cornerstone of the US. Yeah, you've got some real shitheads on voat but also a lot of decent people that just don't hold the previously approved PC opinions. The internet was way better before it began to coalesce into megacorps like google, fb, and reddit. Instead of defending free speech they caved to advertisers. The issue w/ that is someone is always pissed off by something and the smallest groups shout the loudest. Now we've got a situation that's gotten out of hand and even regular conservatives are targeted. Voat is basically a concentration camp for free speech online. They've rounded up all the "wrongthinkers" and sent them to one place. Before reddit and that Mountain Dew (the hitler did nothing wrong naming contest) troll happened /pol/ was libertarian more or less believe it or not. The PC left is Frankenstein and Voat's their monster. Assholes were fewer and farther between online before they all got shipped to the same place. When you start inventing shit like "micro aggressions" and telling everyone their racist nonstop... I could provide a thousand other examples. The left has even managed to bring back segregation on college campuses only this time they're called "safe spaces" and black only dorms. The Radical Left and the Far Right are every bit as bad as each other and more alike than they are different. They both have a need to be authoritarian in order to stay in power. (Horseshoe Theory) Reddit, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. have no shortage of racists. They've just got the "right kind" in our weird double-standard culture.

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[–] ninjajunkie 1 points (+1|-0)

Precisely why I made this account. I'm definitely on the right, but when your worried posting about your new laptop (because of Win10) will get you labeled a shill, things are extreme. Because of the circumstances that brought us to vote, I understand the hardline politics and discussion , but those aren't the only things I'm interested in. For the past 6 months at least, it seems every topic on Voat just goes back to politics.

FTR I hate windows but barely know shit about linux and do not have the time to teach my wife, who the laptop was for. Realizing the hesitation I had wanting to start a discussion, knowing it would turn political fast, made me rethink where I spend my time.

[–] Grammar-Rabbi 0 points (+0|-0)

I used to use Linux a bit, and if I may make a suggestion -

There are distributions of Linux, like Ubuntu, that are basically as intuitive as Windows and the interface is similar in a lot of basic ways. If you ever wanted to see if you like it and if your wife could use it, you could partition part of your hard drive (if you don't know how to do that, there are a million guides on the internet and it's pretty simple), then download Ubuntu Linux and install it on the partition. That way, you could try it out for free and see if it works for you, without giving up access to Windows on the computer if you want. Then, if you really get into it, you could always read some of the numerous guides on the internet for how to use all the extra abilities and features of Linux, or you could just keep using it as is like you'd use Windows.

There's actually a number of Linux distributions whose interfaces have been developed and simplified so that pretty much anyone with experience using Windows could probably figure out how to do the same stuff there. The only downside is that there is so much software that's made for Windows but not Linux.

[–] ninjajunkie 1 points (+1|-0)

That's definitely an idea I didn't think of. It's a great laptop, but only came with a 256GB SSD (sacrificed storage for VRAM). It's got an empty bay so once I can get a 2TB one installed, I'll have to set aside a chunk to play with.