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1. tolerance · 1789588420 · focus · HN ↗

   > Then came a threat. An account with a much larger following DM'd her and told her to take down the sign, or they would post about it to their local artist community. The person offered to help her find an artist to pay to make a new sign, or else they would post about it.

   > They gave her a day to "think about it."

   When this is sort of behavior that the "good guys" advance then it's hard not to expect a "bad guy" with money to show up on the scene and thwart it.

   1. ratelimitsteve · 1789588666 · focus · HN ↗

      why is talking about this with their community a threat?

      1. Footkerchief · 1789588815 · focus · HN ↗

         "Threat" is a correct term for an attempt to compel action via potential negative consequences.

         1. brandon272 · 1789589106 · focus · HN ↗

            "Nice business you've got here, shame if something happened to it"
         2. free_bip · 1789591201 · focus · HN ↗

            By that definition all laws are threats. And indeed, the fallacy here seems to be assuming that threat = bad.

            1. brandon272 · 1789599587 · focus · HN ↗

               Laws are threats. The difference is that we empower the government to threaten us to maintain social order, we do not empower individuals to threaten each other.

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