The question comes in light of the recent young republicans leaks. Firstly, I’m not a republican and I think the shit they were saying was out of line, regardless of context. That said, the situation, among countless other times similar things have happened made me think. Is it reasonable to hold individuals accountable for statements made that they thought were in private. I think the public figure aspect is obviously the main catch here. In instances where the individual is a public figure, they kind of made their bed in my opinion. That said though, the more normal and sensational these events become the more realistic it is to widen in scope. Would it be reasonable for a future employer or date to pull up your group chats/private messages/anonymous posts?

  • tensorpudding@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    In my opinion, we as a species are not ready to live in public even as much as we are currently, with the level of privacy we still have. We are already so hateful and judgmental of the “other” and willing to use legal and social means to punish transgressions from the normal. Privacy is one of our only remaining antidotes to tolerate living against the grain of society.