When should behaviour outside a community have consequences inside it?

Re:When should behaviour outside a community have consequenc... by explainplease on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:18PM (#15983371)

> Bigots, sexists, racists, and hate groups of all stripes use free speech and the idea of censorship as a way to distract from the fact that they're putting into action what they pretend to only debate.

This action/position thing is really tired by now. It was all the rage when Eich was being lynched. I was there, I remember. It wasn't logical then, and it isn't logical now. You would deny your political opponents the ability to effectively participate in the political process. That's undemocratic.

> There is no room for hate speech and bigotry in tech

By that logic, there's no room for you in tech. You should really do some serious reflection.

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Re:When should behaviour outside a community have consequenc... by yttrium on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:28PM (#15983447)

That's the thing though, you're calling someone being forced out because they hold a bigoted position 'lynching'. You're equivocating what has historically been an act of racially provoked murder with the removal of a bigot - there's no justice to be found there.

Political opponents ought to (and are, in most cases) barred from effectively participating in the political process when they hold oppressive and bigoted view points.

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