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  • May 07, 2018 @ 06:45am

    Censorship - How To Do It

    Censorship - How To Do It
    State clearly that sexually, vulgar name calling comments will not be published. That way, you will not be wasting time and space(money) on such comments.
    Other name calling comments can be published IF THEY ARE EXPLAINED. Example: "Trump is a criminal because he supports the crimes against the Palestinians executed by the Israeli government. His support was indicated in his recognition of the desire of Israel to move its capital to Jerusalem. " [ regardless of whether or not such a comment is factual or logical. ] In the explanation, the commentator will be offering and exposing hiser ( his or her ) supposed logic, which is open toward other people's logic. Such commentary will then convince or be convinced in the forum of "debate".

    You will still be "censoring" but your censorship will be allowing "freedom of expression of rational ideas" , of "political commentary" , of "ideas of language and logic". Yes, you will be censoring only sexually vulgar expressions.

    Essentially, describing a person "as acting in a criminal manner indicated by "such and such" is not "name calling". Name calling is the act of putting a label on something without rationalizing it.
    Calling someone a "war hawk" is name calling. Saying that someone is a "war hawk BECAUSE they have advocated bombing or using military force to stop ISIS or Assad " is a rationalization; an explanation for the label, the name, the adjective: "war hawkish". Such a label AND its rationalization can be argued against. It also exposes the commentator 's logic or lack of logic to criticisms of other people in the world. The commentator can be praised , or embarrassed by his lack of logic. People can learn from such commentary.

  • Mar 31, 2018 @ 11:40am

    Censorship - How To Do It

    State clearly that sexually, vulgar name calling comments will not be published. That way, you will not be wasting time and space(money) on such comments.
    Other name calling comments can be published IF THEY ARE EXPLAINED. Example: "Trump is a criminal because he supports the crimes against the Palestinians executed by the Israeli government. His support was indicated in his recognition of the desire of Israel to move its capital to Jerusalem. " [ regardless of whether or not such a comment is factual or logical. ] In the explanation, the commentator will be offering and exposing hiser ( his or her ) supposed logic, which is open toward other people's logic. Such commentary will then convince or be convinced in the forum of "debate".

    You will still be "censoring" but your censorship will be allowing "freedom of expression of rational ideas" , of "political commentary" , of "ideas of language and logic". Yes, you will be censoring only sexually vulgar expressions.

    Essentially, describing a person "as acting in a criminal manner indicated by "such and such" is not "name calling". Name calling is the act of putting a label on something without rationalizing it.
    Calling someone a "war hawk" is name calling. Saying that someone is a "war hawk BECAUSE they have advocated bombing or using military force to stop ISIS or Assad " is a rationalization; an explanation for the label, the name, the adjective: "war hawkish". Such a label AND its rationalization can be argued against. It also exposes the commentator 's logic or lack of logic to criticisms of other people in the world. The commentator can be praised , or embarrassed by his lack of logic. People can learn from such commentary.

    Can I get a subscription to articles that are published by Freedom of the Press Foundation?