Not sure about you, but recently, a lot more of those online behaviors have started appearing IRL.
That means that people already did these things, but, like alcohol, the Internet lowers the inhibitions to not behave like that. It’s a pretty short leap to say that, if you spend a lot of time online, these behaviors will become a large part of who you are on and off the Internet.
Does it mean that people can’t relearn how not to act like that? No, but it’s gonna be hard.
I don’t really see how that justifies Orwellian censorship online.
My interpretation on what you’ve said is just that you don’t want to be confronted with the realities of socializing with people who aren’t willing to lie to you about their opinions. It used to be normalized that dishonesty and inauthenticity were “politeness” and making yourself palatable to others was productive. But, as we can plainly see world-wide, putting up with assholes just encourages them to be bigger assholes.
Perhaps rather than thinking the rest of the world is wrong for reacting to you in a way you dislike, you might consider whether there’s a common denominator here. Rather than trying to control everyone else, you might want to think about what you can control that’s a little closer to home.
What you’re looking for is called “touching grass”. Go outside and interact with real people.
Not sure about you, but recently, a lot more of those online behaviors have started appearing IRL.
That means that people already did these things, but, like alcohol, the Internet lowers the inhibitions to not behave like that. It’s a pretty short leap to say that, if you spend a lot of time online, these behaviors will become a large part of who you are on and off the Internet.
Does it mean that people can’t relearn how not to act like that? No, but it’s gonna be hard.
I don’t really see how that justifies Orwellian censorship online.
My interpretation on what you’ve said is just that you don’t want to be confronted with the realities of socializing with people who aren’t willing to lie to you about their opinions. It used to be normalized that dishonesty and inauthenticity were “politeness” and making yourself palatable to others was productive. But, as we can plainly see world-wide, putting up with assholes just encourages them to be bigger assholes.
Perhaps rather than thinking the rest of the world is wrong for reacting to you in a way you dislike, you might consider whether there’s a common denominator here. Rather than trying to control everyone else, you might want to think about what you can control that’s a little closer to home.