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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 1 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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bayesian_horse ◴[08 Oct 19 12:05 UTC] No.21191285[source]▶
It's really hard to tell the difference between what is genuinely offensive and what is not.

No easy answers. In this case, maybe there is a relatively simple rule: Supporting democracy must not in itself be regarded as offensive...

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trentnix ◴[08 Oct 19 12:18 UTC] No.21191379[source]▶
It is hard to tell, that is true. And that reality is exploited to silence opposition and control others.

That’s why language policing, hate speech laws, Twitter mobs, and bully-the-bully efforts are abominations. So really, the answer is easy: everyone has the right to offend, and has no right not to be offended. Your simple rule doesn’t go far enough.

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whoevercares ◴[08 Oct 19 12:38 UTC] No.21191553[source]▶
Humans are emotional animals and many can be dominated by feelings, your answer assume they are entirely logical
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1. jerf ◴[08 Oct 19 13:44 UTC] No.21192193[source]▶
Quite the contrary. You should assume that if you step out into the stream of general discourse, you will be offended by something. You will have feelings. Be ready.