In my fictional country, my character banned Kiwi Farms, but someone said that it would mean she hated free speech.

She doesn’t want harassment to occur in her country: for her citizens to harass others or become victims/“lolcows”.

I know it’s my world, but I need some advice.

  • robotElder2 [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Should kiwi farms be banned in the real world? Yes obviously. And whoever was concern trolling about free speech at you can be safely ignored. In fiction? It comes down to an artistic judgment call that only you can make. Does it establish something important about this character or the situation she’s in? Is this the most elegant way of establishing that thing? Does your entire audience know what kiwi farms is already or would you have to explain that first?

    • Aurora@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      7 days ago

      1. I agree.

      2. Thank you 🙏

      3. Thanks so much, the Queen is known for her intolerance towards bad and hateful content. She is also known to ban said content. Yes, they know, this is based off a fictional country in the “real world” of the story, so they would use social media and know about Kiwi Farms.