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If you operate on public infrastructure, like being granted public right of ways to lay fiber, I think you lose the right to discriminate. This feels good beca
by Consultant32452 9y ago
If you operate on public infrastructure, like being granted public right of ways to lay fiber, I think you lose the right to discriminate. This feels good because Nazis are assholes but it sets a very dangerous precedent. This is why the ACLU has a long history of defending Nazis and their ilk. Because one day it will be you on the other side. We should all discriminate against Nazis by denouncing them, ignoring them, etc. Public infrastructure should not.
- Larrikin 9y agoWhat happened last time the Nazis were ignored?
- Consultant32452 9y agoYou mean when the redshirts rioted and killed 24 people which pushed the public towards the brownshirts and ultra-nationalism? Was that when we're imagining the Nazis were ignored?
- anarazel 9y agoThere's this event called the second world war.
- novembermike 9y agoHe's referring to the fact that a major catalyst for the Nazis gaining power was German communists engaging in what was practically open warfare with them.
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- honestoHeminway 9y agoThey sold themselves as law and order - in contrast to the civil war there militant wing fought with the communists in the street. Thats the real danger here. A hysteric left and some right outliers creating the basis for continuously improving anti-terror laws. Oh.. too late.
- hueving 9y agoThe last 70 years.
- Ygg2 9y agoLook on the bright side. The last time they were banned - 1939.
- astrange 9y agoBy this argument Gmail shouldn’t be allowed to run spam filters.
- anc84 9y agoApples and oranges.
- mike_hearn 9y agoI actually used to work on Gmail anti-spam and wrote this reply to the same argument yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15011913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15011913
- howlgram 9y agoYou can talk about how things "should" be, about "precedents", etc, but the true guideline to measure these things is what the vast majority agrees to, because that's what public approval is all about. So all you can really do is try to convince the majority about what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'.
- bloobloobloo 9y ago> So all you can really do is try to convince the majority about what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'. Unless the people who own all the infrastructure disagree with you, and refuse to accept your money.