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> there's not much room for debate I'm not aware of anyone, anywhere, debating that. The debate is: what do we do about it? Do we compromise our values to hurt
by erichocean 7y ago
> there's not much room for debate
I'm not aware of anyone, anywhere, debating that. The debate is: what do we do about it? Do we compromise our values to hurt a minute group of bad actors? Or do we have integrity and tough it out?
The answer, at least in the United States, both culturally but also at the government is: nothing is done to them, they get speech like everyone else.
I oppose CloudFlare's decision because, culturally, it's un-American—and they are an American company. I expect all Americans, and especially the most prosperous and successful Americans—like the CEO of CloudFlare—to uphold those values.
- Rebelgecko 7y ago>I'm not aware of anyone, anywhere, debating that The comment that I was replying to...
- erichocean 7y agoYou replied to a comment that said "I do not trust the SPLC to determine what is a "Neo-Nazi" website"—something I agree with as well. The SPLC is a garbage organization, even if they happen to be correct about The Daily Stormer in this specific case (not hard, given that The Daily Stormer is completely open about what they believe—no one has to "guess"). Anyway, the OP was perhaps unclear—you could construe distrust of the SPLC with disagreement on the status of The Daily Stormer. I think they were more saying "SPLC is not a legitimate source", not "SPLC is wrong in this specific instance".
- Dylan16807 7y agoIn context, that comment was definitely saying both. Their view is even clearer in another comment on this post, where they described the daily stormer as "smeared as 'Neo-Nazi'".