On: Surgeons transplant pig kidney into a patient

[kerkeslager]

I don't think censorship is a necessary part of addressing this problem.

[hsbauauvhabzb → kerkeslager]

Parent poster suggested censoring doctors..

[kerkeslager → hsbauauvhabzb]

Parent poster did not suggest censoring doctors.

You're making a very big leap from "doctors should not be encouraging this" to "we should not allow doctors to encourage this".

[hsbauauvhabzb → kerkeslager]

So why say anything if it’s just an opinion if not a call to action seeking to censor certain opinions?

And my comment likened both, so to suggest the intent of the word censoring is somehow different is semantic nitpicking rather than any productive discourse.

[kerkeslager → hsbauauvhabzb]

> So why say anything if it’s just an opinion if not a call to action seeking to censor certain opinions?

Why not? I could make an argument that cultural change happens through conversations like this, but honestly I think people are just intrinsically motivated to share their opinions whether it makes any difference or not.

> And my comment likened both, so to suggest the intent of the word censoring is somehow different is semantic nitpicking rather than any productive discourse.

The difference between censoring someone and disagreeing with their opinion is NOT a nitpicky detail. It's literally one of the major differences between totalitarianism and democracy.

The position that censorship is the only way to get people to stop saying things you disagree with, is an absurd, extremist position.