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> Yea but lets not forget the context entirely here; we're talking about a walkout at a university, and people are insinuating that there should be some form of
by mlyle 4y ago
> Yea but lets not forget the context entirely here; we're talking about a walkout at a university, and people are insinuating that there should be some form of punishment as a consequence.
I think people are saying that:
- The university should repudiate their assertions with the university's words.
- The university should strongly seek to enforce its rules when there are harsher actions than a walkout, such as the vandalism coordinated by group chats.
> but really, it's a way of avoiding democracy and due justice. If you can't convince the majority of society, then you take matters into your own hands. That's not a system I want to live in.
If you convince everyone who would give someone a job that it's not worth the hassle to hire the super racist dude, that's hardly "avoiding democracy".
I mean, you seem to be arguing that the government should somehow force (someone?) to give the super racist person a job so they're not "cancelled."
- DarkWiiPlayer 4y ago> If you convince everyone who would give someone a job that it's not worth the hassle to hire the super racist dude, that's hardly "avoiding democracy". If you put in active effort to lobby businesses (I mainly care about larger businesses like google & al. here) to not employ people of certain opinions, then that's definitely punitive action rather than personal consequence. And as I said: specifically punishing people for holding certain opinions, whether it is done through the state or not, is antithetical to freedom of opinion and expression.
- mlyle 4y agoConversely, having lots of super-racist-dudes in positions of power is antithetical to economic freedoms of the groups they're biased against. Paradox of tolerance, et al.