tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post6584300384851215175..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Results of twitter poll on self-censorship - which, ironically, I ended up self-censoringStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-64386115330429255162016-11-08T14:01:26.000+00:002016-11-08T14:01:26.000+00:00Judging by the religion groups on Facebook, many p...Judging by the religion groups on Facebook, many people have no inclination to self censorship. Quite the contrary. What I've learned participating in discussion there is how easily criticism of Islam slips into straight up prejudice. It's caused me to reexamine my own attitudes to Muslims and to pay greater attention to the diversity of Islam. David B. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468191085576922813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-21572198650432358142016-10-07T10:51:18.476+00:002016-10-07T10:51:18.476+00:00I realize this is a peanut gallery comment but &qu...I realize this is a peanut gallery comment but "Stephen Nuremberg Law" does have a nice ring to it.The Atheist Missionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191035196328725888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-2215542583042307682016-10-07T09:05:51.224+00:002016-10-07T09:05:51.224+00:00It would also be good to compare reactions to '...It would also be good to compare reactions to 'Have you ever self-censored your views on Muslims for fear of being accused of Islamophobia?' and similar.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-27376282494920109822016-10-07T08:51:40.070+00:002016-10-07T08:51:40.070+00:00PS Not this week though as people will spot this, ...PS Not this week though as people will spot this, and also I have had enough fingers pointed at me for the time being.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-36430152492634290152016-10-06T19:03:55.164+00:002016-10-06T19:03:55.164+00:00Wow. Too bad that happened to your poll. I agree...Wow. Too bad that happened to your poll. I agree with David that it's likely better to ask about characteristics or ideologies or organizations, rather than particular groups, which is what set your #5 question apart. Compare with your #1. Maybe you could combine #1 and #5 and make it multiple-selection (checkboxes, not option buttons) with atheism and others in there too. Maybe make #2 a multi-selection choice also.<br /><br />I would also have been interested on the results of questions along the lines of "Have you ever censored your views on feminism for fear of being accused of sexism?" and "Have you ever censored your views on non-LGB sexual minorities for fear of being accused of perversion?" <br /><br />(This "I am not a robot" captcha ... I'm not entirely certain that I'm not a robot in some way... perhaps you are also a robot... I think the real objection is to fast robots. I am a slow robot.)Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-36712121314561616292016-10-06T11:24:56.351+00:002016-10-06T11:24:56.351+00:00Thanks David. Hmm, not sure about that. I used rac...Thanks David. Hmm, not sure about that. I used race because I wanted question to cover more than just one race. However I would have happily used ‘black people’. Really! Maybe we should test it. Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-27697129254619246702016-10-06T11:21:36.332+00:002016-10-06T11:21:36.332+00:00If one of your poll questions was, "Have you ...If one of your poll questions was, <b>"Have you ever censored your views on black people for fear of being accused or racism?"</b>, I think it would have provoked similarly hostile reactions. Not because you're talking about any particular form of bigotry, but because there is a presumption built into the question itself: that you have opinions about black people.<br /><br />Can you see why this might raise a few eyebrows? If so, then you've solved the mystery of why your "Jewish people" question did the same.<br /><br />Actually, I'm fairly confident that the "black people" poll question would provoke a stronger reaction than your Jewish one. Do you want to test it? :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567686905572845884noreply@blogger.com