Re: <nettime> Nettime is in bad shape. Let's see if we can change it.

[Tomasz Rola <rtomek@ceti.pl>]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 01:18:23PM -0400, Sascha D. Freudenheim wrote:
> I resemble that remark, and I object to it strenuously!
> 
> WTF is a "consistent bourgeois misunderstanding of contextless 'free
> speech'"? And what makes that misunderstanding "bourgeois" in
> nature?

For me, "bourgeois" is equivalent to "middle class", whatever this one
means. In parts of the world where "bourgeois" constitutes a dictating
majority, "free speech" is, IMHO, equivalent to casual speech and is a
way to entertain during social gatherings. In other places, this is a
way to put oneself in a troublesome situation (with degree of
troublesome varying from ostracism to execution).

[...]
> As for the ideological monoculture... I don't know what to do about
> that except go back to my list filtering and lurking.

To avoid ideological monoculture, per analogy to avoiding eating
monoculture, feed yourself from different sources.

-- 
Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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