3 ms·
You could declare that the only way to show basic humanity is to precisely agree with the political zeitgeist in the correct left-wing circles and that the only
by makomk 5y ago
You could declare that the only way to show basic humanity is to precisely agree with the political zeitgeist in the correct left-wing circles and that the only reason to disagree with any of their political prescriptions is becaues you see certain groups as subhuman. I've seen plenty of activists do so; in a lot of circles it seems to be mandatory in order to actually be seen as human. Of course, there's the small problem that often the members of those groups don't actually support the political prescription, that it destroys the ability to actually challenge the people pushing those political views - who, by definition, have substantial power compared to the minorities they're claiming to help - and that it's lead to horrendous bigotry like TERFism. But that's not worth contemplating, because to qustion the righteousness of all this is to ignore the humanity of the people we conveniently don't have to listen to if it gets in our way.
- avs733 5y agoYour comments have many characteristics of a bad faith argument, for example confusing well defined and easy to separate concepts in an effort to create ambiguity. The best way to address a bad faith argument is to label it as such and not engage with it because it is not a meaningful contribution to discourse about a topic. That’s what I’m gonna do from here on out, and I suggest other, Commenters do the same. There is no reasonable confusion between compelling an individual to host speech and preventing the government from interfering by with individuals speech. I suspect you know that.