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Allow it. Let the racists be racist. Let them expose themselves so we all know who to ridicule and ignore. Not only has this wacky notion of free speech worked

Allow it. Let the racists be racist. Let them expose themselves so we all know who to ridicule and ignore. Not only has this wacky notion of free speech worked well for a long time, society has grown far less racist despite no official policing of speech. The insidiousness that comes from controlling speech is far greater than the insidiousness of a small group of assholes who say mean things. The short-sightedness of many continues to astonish me.

crazy_horse 5y ago
What do you do when that leads directly to murder?
- Trombone12 5y ago
  Say it's a great tragedy and if only people had more firearms at hand thins would be different?
- zo1 5y ago
  Investigate and find the murderers so they can be punished?
- jimbob45 5y ago
  You mean like the proliferation of BLM online leading to mass rioting, looting, and razing? I didn’t hear a peep from anyone that BLM should have been silenced back then. And I’m glad. BLM ran its course and that portion of society felt that they had exercised their free speech and calmed down instead of going guerilla underground.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y ago
  I struggle to understand how that could happen. Why would you choose to murder or not murder someone based on Twitter’s moderation policies?
iovrthoughtthis 5y ago
reminds me of the parable of the man on the roof in a flood waiting for god to save him saying no to the people who pass by offering a lift. what if this is a part of the "ridiculing and ignoring of racists"?
dylan604 5y ago
"Let them expose themselves so we all know who to charge and prosecute with criminal behavior". Fixed that for you. There are laws regarding this, so either use them or might as well eliminate them if they have no teeth. Ignoring them does not work, and only emboldens them. Ridiculing them online seems to act mostly like feeding a troll.
- bedhead 5y ago
  First of all, you have no idea whether that's true anymore than I do. Second, so freakin what?? So 0.01% of the population says mean and ugly things - so what? It's very, very easy to avoid and ignore it. Meanwhile, policing speech is not only going to obviously open Pandora's box in general, but it will probably cause more people to be racist.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    >First of all, you have no idea whether that's true anymore than I do. I don't know what is true?
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  That is not true. They were ignored for the longest time and their numbers were dwindling. They just got more support when people started policing hobbies, books, comedy. That will obviously lead to further opposition, which aren't racists but are declared as such.
ngcazz 5y ago
As if racists in power wouldn’t do their utmost to curtail free speech.

crazy_horse 5y ago

What do you do when that leads directly to murder?

Trombone12 5y ago
Say it's a great tragedy and if only people had more firearms at hand thins would be different?
zo1 5y ago
Investigate and find the murderers so they can be punished?
jimbob45 5y ago
You mean like the proliferation of BLM online leading to mass rioting, looting, and razing? I didn’t hear a peep from anyone that BLM should have been silenced back then. And I’m glad. BLM ran its course and that portion of society felt that they had exercised their free speech and calmed down instead of going guerilla underground.
SpicyLemonZest 5y ago
I struggle to understand how that could happen. Why would you choose to murder or not murder someone based on Twitter’s moderation policies?

iovrthoughtthis 5y ago

reminds me of the parable of the man on the roof in a flood waiting for god to save him saying no to the people who pass by offering a lift. what if this is a part of the "ridiculing and ignoring of racists"?

dylan604 5y ago

"Let them expose themselves so we all know who to charge and prosecute with criminal behavior". Fixed that for you. There are laws regarding this, so either use them or might as well eliminate them if they have no teeth. Ignoring them does not work, and only emboldens them. Ridiculing them online seems to act mostly like feeding a troll.

bedhead 5y ago
First of all, you have no idea whether that's true anymore than I do. Second, so freakin what?? So 0.01% of the population says mean and ugly things - so what? It's very, very easy to avoid and ignore it. Meanwhile, policing speech is not only going to obviously open Pandora's box in general, but it will probably cause more people to be racist.
- dylan604 5y ago
  >First of all, you have no idea whether that's true anymore than I do. I don't know what is true?
raxxorrax 5y ago
That is not true. They were ignored for the longest time and their numbers were dwindling. They just got more support when people started policing hobbies, books, comedy. That will obviously lead to further opposition, which aren't racists but are declared as such.

ngcazz 5y ago

As if racists in power wouldn’t do their utmost to curtail free speech.