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Yes, it's like book burning. It makes the banned content more enticing. This is the big issue with New Zealand banning the recent shooters manifesto. What if ne
by djsumdog 8y ago
Yes, it's like book burning. It makes the banned content more enticing. This is the big issue with New Zealand banning the recent shooters manifesto. What if news organizations want to read it to report on it (even if it is just to say, this is why he's a nutjob)? Banning his manifesto grants it more important. It shows the government is afraid of it for some reason.
Mein Kampf is still available for purchase in NZ. I've personally looked through his manifesto and think it should be discussed in schools, so students and teachers can explore his breaks in logic and contradictory statements. If you understand people like that, maybe you can identify them early on, or encourage attitudes in general that would prevent those xenophobic ideas from developing.
- anigbrowl 8y agoYou can get a waiver from the NZ censor for having copies of that material if you're a scholar or researcher: https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/news/latest-news/christchurch-attacks-press-releases/#christchurch-attack-publication-the-great-replacement-classified-objectionable https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/news/latest-news/ch... it should be discussed in schools, so students and teachers can explore his breaks in logic and contradictory statements How about the explicit calls for assassination of specific individuals, among other direct incitements to terrorism?
- driverdan 8y ago> You can get a waiver from the NZ censor The fact that NZ has a censor is abhorrent.
- simple_phrases 8y agoUS has censored fundamentalist Muslim extremist material in concert with Twitter and Google since at least 2009. Where were the free speech advocates back then? And why are they so vocal now that the extremists are a different skin color?
- driverdan 8y agoTwitter and Google are not government entities and can remove any content they want. That does not make the content illegal.
- chillacy 8y agoCopycat violence is a thing, when you offer people to make a political statement and then get immortalized, history has proven that people will take you up on that. Secondly regarding the most recent NZ manifesto, it isn't a well argued thesis as much as a dump of memes and shitposting.