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Yes, I believe racism and antisemitism should be activly removed from legal platforms. I agree that there are unfortunately stupid people that this will make t

Yes, I believe racism and antisemitism should be activly removed from legal platforms. I agree that there are unfortunately stupid people that this will make them strengthen their misconceptions. But IMO there are more stupid people who are going find legitimacy in reading such views in FB and mainstream media and that such legitimacy always translates to physical violence.

Darmody 6y ago
But who decides what's racism and antisemitism? I'm asking you because I've seen countless times how some democrats being antisemites publicly and they are being praised. When they are asked they say that has nothing to do with antisemitism. To me this looks more like "I'm going to censor only what my rivals say". Do you think they'll remove content that says "white people <insert stereotype here>"? This is stupid no matter how you look at it. You can't censor. You cannot fight stupidity with more stupidity. And please, don't say again that stereotypes can end up with millions dead. What happened in the nazi Germany goes beyond that. You can't just synthesize hundreds of years of religious and ethnic problems into "stereotypes".
- amitport 6y ago
  This specific stereotype still plays a part in getting people killed. The death count didn't end with the millions that died during world war II. For a small glimpse, read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#20th-century_populism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#20th-cen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_th... Also while I can't quantify the stereotype's influence and subsequent effects on political bias, Islam antisemitism, etc., I believe it is as meaningful as it was in Nazi Germany and the death count could easily increase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#Nazi_Ger...

Darmody 6y ago

But who decides what's racism and antisemitism? I'm asking you because I've seen countless times how some democrats being antisemites publicly and they are being praised. When they are asked they say that has nothing to do with antisemitism. To me this looks more like "I'm going to censor only what my rivals say". Do you think they'll remove content that says "white people <insert stereotype here>"? This is stupid no matter how you look at it. You can't censor. You cannot fight stupidity with more stupidity. And please, don't say again that stereotypes can end up with millions dead. What happened in the nazi Germany goes beyond that. You can't just synthesize hundreds of years of religious and ethnic problems into "stereotypes".

amitport 6y ago
This specific stereotype still plays a part in getting people killed. The death count didn't end with the millions that died during world war II. For a small glimpse, read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#20th-century_populism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#20th-cen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_th... Also while I can't quantify the stereotype's influence and subsequent effects on political bias, Islam antisemitism, etc., I believe it is as meaningful as it was in Nazi Germany and the death count could easily increase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_antisemitism#Nazi_Ger...