Re:The Daily Stormer, Online Speech, and Internet Registrars
by leereeves on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:58PM
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I have a problem with people who focus on the worst. Advancing the conversation isn't possible when "the conversation" is each side claiming the other is represented by the worst people imaginable.
It's the same thing as claiming BLM is represented by cop killers, or Islam is represented by ISIS.
I believe you may have misinterpreted the poem. It's not about preventing "attacks" towards other extremists, it's about _suppressing_ them. It's one thing to argue with someone, fight with them, make your disagreements known, and whatever. That advances the conversation. It's a completely different issue to silence and suppress your enemies. That leads to authoritarianism, whether from the left or the right.
In my opinion, it is right of the majority to make their disdain towards the Nazis known. It is right of them to denounce their behavior. I personally don't feel it's right to suppress their ability to express their views, however.