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gp's example is a slippery slope fallacy, adjusting political speech by deportation seems inappropriate.
by thatcat 1y ago
gp's example is a slippery slope fallacy, adjusting political speech by deportation seems inappropriate.
- elcritch 1y agoThere is a difference in a foreign national engaging in political speech and a citizen. If anything allowing foreign nationals to adjust political speech here while supporting violence or terrorism would be inappropriate and unwise. After all, it's easy for a foreign power to send radicalizers to a foreign country to influence or topple them. Well trodeen history there. Sending radical students is much more effective than a few thousand Twitter bots.
- Braxton1980 1y agohttps://www.aipac.org/ https://www.aipac.org/
- thatcat 1y agorespecting the rights of others to hold opinions that differ from your own is always appropriate and wise in the united states.
- elcritch 1y agoOf course, and as it stands foreign nationals on Visa's in the US don't have the same rights as citizens. Not that they shouldn't have some degree of free speech, but they can also be scrutinized and deported for advocating for violence and terrorism.
- thatcat 1y agoThat scrutiny is a waste of federal resources since you're basically extending the notion of advocating violence to supporting any side in any war - perhaps meta should just go ahead and remove all posts on both sides.
- elcritch 1y agoNo I’m not, but in case you missed the news several of the pro-Palestinian protests were violent or openly called for violence. Similarly with the posts in question.
- ImPostingOnHN 1y agoLikewise for several of the pro-israeli protests.