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> Avowed leftist here: Let's just agree that both the Dems and Repubs ban/seek to stifle opinions they don't agree with. Someone wants to ban Maus, someone else
by noja 5y ago
> Avowed leftist here: Let's just agree that both the Dems and Repubs ban/seek to stifle opinions they don't agree with. Someone wants to ban Maus, someone else wants to ban Joe Rogan.
What kind of an argument is this? The only common thread between the two is the word "banning".
Banning Joe Rogan is because he spreads misinformation about vaccines. He is causing lots of people to die, and the pandemic is longer because of it.
Banning a book about the holocaust prevents people learning about the atrocities of the past.
- ejb999 5y ago>>How can you equate banning Maus with banning Joe Rogan? The only common thread between the two is the word "banning". Because free speech is free speech, whether you agree with what was said or not.
- noja 5y agoFree speech is not free speech. Shouting fire in a theater is not free speech because it causes panic then harm.
- dev_by_day 5y agoShouting fire in a theater when there is no fire and expressing concern over the potentially dangerous side effects of a vaccine are different. The previous is an outright lie about a non-event while the later has some truth. Its factually true that people have had severe adverse reactions and died from the vaccine. He interviewed genuine credentialed experts like Dr. Robert Malone on the potential dangers of the Covid vaccine. I am in favor of the Covid vaccine and disagree with Joe but he's allowed to express his dissenting opinions. Podcasts are not medical advise and should not be treated as such.
- zthrowaway 5y agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time-to-stop-using-the-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-quote/264449/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-tim...