alt Hacker NewsAaron Swartz was treated unjustly because copyright sucks. we should oppose such laws and treatment, not wield them as retributive tools against our opponents
it is wrong to advocate for everyone to be treated equally unjustly. better to advocate for the removal of the bad laws/structures
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jmye • today at 3:46 AM
> not wield them as retributive tools against our opponents
No, we should apply them equally to Mark Fucking Zuckerberg (which is decidedly not retributive, however much you want to make an emotional appeal) until such time as they are repealed as laws. It’s not really that complicated.
It would be easier to advocate for the reform of those laws if they were actually applied evenly.
I’m not calling for its use as a “retributive tool”. Just that it be applied evenly.