Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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Regrettably, stuff like this would be ripe for abuse with the current regime.
You will have no idea whether this would be abused or not. It's speculation on your part and the others saying such things. You're saying it with certainty. I find most of you cynical thinkers.
Because you don't know anything about history it seems. Labeling dissenter as mentally ill and then putting them in camps is exactly what the Nazis did.
So yes, we know exactly that this would be abused, because something much less autocratic than your idea already was abused in the past.
I'm talking about actual mentally unstable people
Yeah and I'm talking about actual real life applications of your idea. Do you think there is some magical fairy that protects the innocent, non mentally unstable persons from the ones who want to harm them? Because as I explained, that's not how it works here in our reality and capital E Evil persons have used your exact reasoning to socially isolate, incarcerate and in the end exterminate a wide variety of people.