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Comment by vaishaksuresh

9 years ago

No. The distinction is that neo-nazis chose to follow a hateful ideology. Gay people did not choose to be gay. I’m not supporting denial of service, in fact I think nobody should be denied service. I’m just pointing out that the equivalence is not right.

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wyager  9 years ago

So if someone chooses to follow evil red anti-American socialist beliefs, it's presumably OK to censor and deplatform them, right? Normalizing political censorship is how you get McCarthyism and the Red Scare. Normalizing political violence is how you get pogroms. It does not matter who the first victims are; you cannot control how the tides will turn in the future.

  • vaishaksuresh  9 years ago

    Why is hard for you to comprehend that I’m not advocating any form of censorship or denial of service? I’m saying the equivalence is wrong.

    • edraferi  9 years ago

      Right, and we're saying that it's correct... how someone joined a particular class/group shouldn't effect how that class/group is treated.

  • dashundchen  9 years ago

    Were socialists calling for the eradication of a class of people based on race or born characteristics? No. These neonazis were, and it breaches the barrier of free speech. Yelling fire in a crowded theater, light years tamer, also is.

    Western society, including the Supreme Court, has decided free speech ends where harm to others begins.