• MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Illegal, makes sense. Abusive, eh, maybe this is good, but there needs to be an explanation for what qualifies and who decides. Degrading? I mean, arguably cutting humor in cartoons is degrading. I’m not Polish so I’m sure the context of trashstreams makes more sense for this law, but from the outside it sounds really open to abusing.

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      It says there in article

      The legislation is intended to clamp down on what is known in Poland as patostreaming (a portmanteau of “pathological” and “streaming”), meaning livestreams in which hosts engage in shocking – and often dangerous and illegal – behaviour.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_stream

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        No offence, but these days even protesting is a shocking and often dangerous and illegal behaviour. Just saying…

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            The problem is who decides what is considered “degrading” by law.

            I imagine many conservatives believe an LGBTQ+ person existing is degrading in some stupid way.

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              Court decide it, who else supposed to? It seems you’re one of freedom fighters like Elon Musk who then use it to interfere with elections and spread his nazi ideas and if you don’t let him he’ll say that’s against freedom of speach

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                seems you’re one of freedom fighters like Elon Musk who then use it to interfere with elections and spread his nazi ideas and if you don’t let him he’ll say that’s against freedom of speach

                Uh, beg pardon?

                You really need to inform yourself about history if you really don’t think something like this won’t be taken advantage of in order to hurt people.

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                  That’s literally why we have laws, taking your retarded argument that’s why we have laws protecting LGBTQ, other minorities, and human rights in general. According to you we should just abolish laws just in cases someone wants to abuse it, wow what a brilliant idea, you solved humanity

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                    Naive as fuck.

                    According to you we should just abolish laws just in cases someone wants to abuse it, wow what a brilliant idea, you solved humanity

                    Yeah no that’s not my argument.

                    Do you know what Jim Crow is? Those were laws too, and guess what? They were evil and caused untold suffering.

                    So yeah, some laws we should not have. Sometimes, it’s when they’re really bad laws that are obviously meant to do bad things.

                    And sometimes it’s when a law is proposed with good intentions, and is then used by bad actors in ways that hurt far more than the law could ever help.

                    Sometimes people pretend that a law being proposed is the latter, when in reality it’s the former. It’s called “lying.”

                    A law like the one in OP could have been just fine with the word “degrading” left out. But no, it’s intentionally kept vague and will be “up to interpretation” by people who wish to use it for harm.

                    Mark my words. Save this comment and come back when Poland inevitably uses this in a harmful way against a marginalized group.

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            Who decides what is pathetic nonsense changes with every election and in some countries there are those who consider protests themselves as pathetic nonsense.

            • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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              You can say this about any laws. Abortion got banned under the previous government in Poland and some doctors refused to terminate pregnancies when mother’s life was in danger. The government changed and prosecutors started charging those doctors with crimes. It just how it works. Are we supposed to not have any laws?

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                What you’re saying sounds to me like a one-sided oppression with no option for the damned, as in damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So yes, we’re very much supposed to not have any such laws.

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              By that measure we shouldn’t have any laws because someone may interpret it differently, that’s why internet became cesspit it is filled with bots, misinformation and AI generated garbage. All in name of “freedom of speach”

      • MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Sorry, I could have been more clear. I read the article, I was just saying that I’m not sure what will qualify here or if it’s a big enough issue to make a law over, but only because I’m not sure how you draw the line between this and something like, say, doing stunts on a skateboard. Arguably, that’s dangerous, so it might qualify. I might have a peek at the wording of the law out of curiosity if I can find it later.