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My chief complaint about NOSTR:

https://chrisliss.substack.com/p/anonymity

Boy… I couldn’t disagree more

I’m advocating for the abolishment of the existing power structures in the world and I work in Hollywood, which would blacklist me in a heartbeat for holding my views.

Anonymity is literally the only way I could engage with other people on controversial topics, work out the truth as I now understand it, and still keep feeding my family in the meantime.

No, I don’t think my daughter should go hungry because I happen to think Israel is committing a genocide in the Middle East.

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Chris Liss 2y ago

I think anonymity should be permissible but discouraged. So no one is advocating for doxxing you and getting you in trouble at your day job.

But do you not see the problem here? Maybe there are 10 other people who work where you do who don’t dare speak put, and the censors believe all the compliant employees are in lockstep with their permitted world views. How would they even know anyone is dissenting? How would someone else at your work know to reach out to you?

But even beyond that, you undermine the views you hold by being unwilling to stand by them. And should you simply stating your opinion that Israel is committing genocide get fired, perhaps long-term it would be for the best.

And as I said, I don’t think anyone should be doxxed, but I think putting your name to your views and letting the chips fall should be encouraged.

mrclownworld 2y ago

I’m not going to risk my daughter’s livelihood for your 20th century ideals of accountability. I speak openly in-person about my thoughts and opinions. But I don’t see any reason to leave a trail of my ideas tied to my government-issued identity for future adversaries to comb through at their convenience.

nobody 2y ago

Yeah, I mean, the founding fathers would like a word. Several used pen names.

mrclownworld 2y ago

Yeah, I mean, every member of the Illuminati adopted a pseudonym.

If it’s good enough for the spooky fucks trying to rule the world, it’s good enough for me.

CensorThis 2y ago

“You shouldn’t be doxed, but you should dox yourself.”

Do you even read what you fucking write? Jebus.

Chris Liss 2y ago

yeah, I read it because I wrote it. Did you read the post? Seems like you did not.

StephanGuy 2y ago

best reply this week

Chris Liss 2y ago

The reply is retarded. You can’t dox yourself as doxxing is about having your info shared *against your wishes*.

StephanGuy 2y ago

>you cant dox yourself

are you new to the internet or something?

StephanGuy 2y ago

your definition of dox is wrong btw

StephanGuy 2y ago

how would we know anyone is dissenting? maybe we could have anonymous elections? and say a few people with his beliefs could be elected? we could call this system democracy

🐢 2y ago

To me this just reads that you care more about money then speaking your mind.

Surely you could find another job to feed your family, but instead you prefer to keep your paycheck and support the same people that would blacklist you for speaking your mind with your labor.

Maybe your representative of society at large, willing to keep their mouths shut for money. Paid off to hide their opinions.

Maybe society should value freedom of speech over money.