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No. The distinction is that neo-nazis chose to follow a hateful ideology. Gay people did not choose to be gay. I’m not supporting denial of service, in fact I t
by vaishaksuresh 9y ago
No. The distinction is that neo-nazis chose to follow a hateful ideology. Gay people did not choose to be gay. I’m not supporting denial of service, in fact I think nobody should be denied service. I’m just pointing out that the equivalence is not right.
- wyager 9y agoSo if someone chooses to follow evil red anti-American socialist beliefs, it's presumably OK to censor and deplatform them, right? Normalizing political censorship is how you get McCarthyism and the Red Scare. Normalizing political violence is how you get pogroms. It does not matter who the first victims are; you cannot control how the tides will turn in the future.
- vaishaksuresh 9y agoWhy is hard for you to comprehend that I’m not advocating any form of censorship or denial of service? I’m saying the equivalence is wrong.
- edraferi 9y agoRight, and we're saying that it's correct... how someone joined a particular class/group shouldn't effect how that class/group is treated.
- dashundchen 9y agoWere socialists calling for the eradication of a class of people based on race or born characteristics? No. These neonazis were, and it breaches the barrier of free speech. Yelling fire in a crowded theater, light years tamer, also is. Western society, including the Supreme Court, has decided free speech ends where harm to others begins.
- snakeanus 9y ago> The distinction is that neo-nazis chose to follow a hateful ideology Did they?