USians learn to talk about Section 230 without assuming it's either all or nothing challenge 2023
Yes I realize that I am ranting about something I have already ranted about, but people are still doing this shit, so
Also hey maybe aforementioned USians could learn something from how other countries approach Section 230-esque stuff, because yes we do have those protections here as well and mysteriously it's not a major driver of fascism
In a bit more detail: the specific thing that frustrates me here is when people go hypothesizing into thin air about how horrible things might maybe be without Section 230, and acting as if there's no possible way to predict what the outcome would be of *changing* Section 230
When like, the rest of the world is *right there*, and *already* implements different variations on this concept, and all these hypothetical conundrums are not actually hypothetical at all, and different forms of carrier protection *work fine* in practice too
But US exceptionalism means that if it doesn't happen in the US, it doesn't even get considered, no lessons are drawn from it.
It's just a complete lack of imagination, and it's not just conservatives doing this, but also progressives, and liberals, and anarchists, and everybody else.
Like so many culturally ingrained things, US exceptionalism will not go away unless you deliberately kill it in your head.
Also seriously, can we not import this shit to fedi where people assume that the US is the only thing that exists in the world and wholly decides what people can and cannot do
And if your counterpoint is "but things are bad here!", congratulations, they are bad here too, when will I see you talking about non-US issues?
Solidarity works both ways, not just "from international to US"