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> America has a problem with right-wing terrorism. We really don't. > What I find the weirdest, as a foreign outlooker is how it’s defended. As a foreigner,
by liftbigweights 8y ago
> America has a problem with right-wing terrorism.
We really don't.
> What I find the weirdest, as a foreign outlooker is how it’s defended.
As a foreigner, what makes you think you know what america is really like? Just because of the nonsense you see on the news?
> Nobody had any problems with ISIS getting censored off the internet
I did and many americans did. I don't believe in censorship. The easiest way to combat extremism is to show it.
> but these right-wing nut jobs somehow have a right to spread their equally harmful propaganda?
If it is harmful, isn't it better to discuss it? To put it out in the open?
> I don’t get it.
My advice is to take a class in philosophy, history and educate yourself. People who think like you are why nazi germany and the soviet union existed.
"Harmful propaganda" is the excuse every authoritarian uses to enslave their people. "Harmful propaganda" is itself harmful propaganda.
How do the saudis silence lgbt? By saying it is harmful propaganda. How do the chinese silence religion? By saying it's harmful propaganda. How do the russians silence democratic advocates? By saying it is harmful propaganda.
If there is harmful propaganda, then lets bring it to light and expose it. Only sneaky authoritarians with ulterior motives use "harmful propaganda" as an excuse to curtail people's rights.
A vegan shot up youtube a few months ago. Is veganism harmful propaganda? Should we ban all vegan content? Of course not.
Funnily enough, you have so much in common with the right-wingers you claim to hate. They hate "harmful propaganda too" and want it censored.
- mcphage 8y ago> The easiest way to combat extremism is to show it. I don't think I've ever seen any evidence that that is true, and plenty of evidence that it is not. I know a lot of people take it as axiomatic truth, but I don't think it should be.
- malmsteen 8y agoThe main argument against what you say is that you believe that a bad idea will diseappear by itself if its in the open. Its not and theres thousands of examples to show that it can propagates and contaminate parts large chunks of society(historically: "gays are sicks", "blacks are not humans". More recently: "jews control the world" is making a surprising comeback in parts of europe). Whereas when you silence it, it diseappear overnight and sometimes ots a good thing. I personally think the "hate speech" classification and ban on is a good thing. I dont agree full freedom of speech is a good thing. I agree however that its stupid to associate too much killers with the ideology they claim to belong. They are just psychos / weirdos most of the time.