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That's a fine argument, as far as it goes, but in practice it's applied spuriously, unevenly, and unfairly. One of the principals involved in getting Yarvin de
by daxorid 7y ago
That's a fine argument, as far as it goes, but in practice it's applied spuriously, unevenly, and unfairly.
One of the principals involved in getting Yarvin deplatformed from Strangeloop, Steve Klabnik, is a communist, supporting an ideology that is directly responsible for the murder of 40 million people, and indirectly responsible for another 70 million. Klabnik has spoken, without political interference, at plenty of conferences.
If we were to apply your argument equally, Nazis and Communists would both be deplatformed. But in practice, they are not.
- grey-area 7y agoIf we were to apply your argument equally, Nazis and Communists would both be deplatformed I disagree fundamentally with your definition of communism as presupposing mass-murder. Also your comparison with Nazis as somehow equivalent is extremely troubling. That extreme communist states have indulged in mass-murder (like many christian states, democratic states, tyrannical states, etc before them) doesn't mean it is an ideology of mass-murder, and it's extremely disingenuous to suggest it is.