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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

I'd say yes, only because it introduces fewer caveats. I see a significant value in understanding why the Nazis existed and how they came to be who they are, from Hitler to the lowest party member, but I also can't see a way to portray it in a manner that doesn't accidentally make Nazism relatable.

If all non-condemning portrayals of Nazis were “censored,” I honestly wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.

Anything I have to say in defense of non-condemning portrayal of Nazis is not some mountain I'm willing to die for or anything, because there are other ways to get at understanding Nazism, and fascism in general. I'm basically in agreement here, I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep over it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

Partly censorship, but I don't mean it to sound as strong as it does. You're going to get flagged on Youtube, Facebook or Twitter by algorithms intended to prevent profiting from the pandemic or misinforming people, but also tend to flag normal people. Some channels I watch will acknowledge it but are careful to avoid saying "Corona," "Covid" or other similar terms, instead opting to say "pandemic" "virus" or "this situation" or other vague terms that make it clear, even medical channels that are explicitly making content about it.

In other forms of media, I think it's to avoid being dated. If this pandemic is resolved globally by the end of the year, it's still only two years out of a decade. Constant references to "The Pandemic," "Covid-19" or other such things will result in your media being extremely dated in even fifteen years, unless it's somehow related to your story. Sort of like bad comedy movies that make constant references to flash-in-the-pan celebrities who had their fifteen minutes of fame.

Everybody else also sort of hit it with not bringing the mood down, and even it being a divisive topic, at least in some countries, and obviously the fatigue that comes with dealing with a global crisis for what's going to be at least a year and a half when it resolves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

The group said the city offered to settle with the protesters if they admitted their arrests were based on probable cause.

"Justify our actions for us and we'll let you go."

Maybe just don't arrest people who don't deserve it? The lack of a chain of evidence is concerning, but obviously points to there being no reason to detain these people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

From the comments:

Boomers don't like to share. In my experience.

Generally sums up the issue, except it's not just "boomers." It's like a lot of developers want to be the king of their barren kingdom, not adding anything new to this software that is also not for sale, or updated anymore, becoming increasingly more difficult to use on modern operating systems. "I made this, I am its master, I get control of this dead piece of software."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

FVWM. I'd swear it's almost a WM framework, and you can make it look/function as old or modern as you want it to. I've rocked MacOS and Motif style windows with it when I used it, and the websites screenshots had some crazy configurations from across the decades that showed the only limit is personal taste.

It's defaults tend to leave a little bit to be desired, but they updated the default config to a more modern look.