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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by woah on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:24PM (#10748829)
What if that political view is that you're a nazi and think the holocaust was a good thing? Would it still be wrong for them to block you?
Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by hguant on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:46PM (#10748932)
I think assuming the OC is a Nazi goes a bit far...

But to your point - yes of course it's ok to disassociate with someone who is advocating violence or National Socialism, because it can reasonably be inferred that said person isn't rational, or has a twisted sense of morality than makes associating with them damaging to yourself. However, I'm assuming that's not the case here - it had come in vogue in SWJ and intellectual circles to immediately disregard anyone who has an incorrect opinion. Vote republican? You obviously are a terrible human being. Fall in line with the Democrats except you think abortion is wrong? Kill yourself.

Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by geofft on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @10:53PM (#10749402)
The National Socialists were a legitimate, popular political party in Germany, until they went too far off the rails for anyone to pull them back on.

Given the very serious discussions in US politics about placing US citizens in concentration camps and refusing them re-entry to the country based on their religion, the question about at what point a party becomes the National Socialists must be a legitimate one to ask. Clearly we're not there yet. But also, clearly there's a nonzero chance that we might find ourselves there very soon.

Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by Dr_tldr on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:43AM (#10750291)
The real question is "would it be wise?" The idea that you can "no platform" your opponents indefinitely without ever engaging their arguments usually ends badly. If one side is opportunistically throwing together every single grievance (both legitimate and imaginary) and the other is totally ignorant of what they're saying and refuses to even talk to them, the side that runs away from discussion grows weaker while the other side grows stronger.

If you want extremist views to have free reign, then keep avoid them until they form a broad enough coalition of the ignored and disaffected to take power, I guess.