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Re:People are leaving Spotify over decision to host Alex Jon... by Facemelters on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @12:58PM (#17654837)
There is no obligation for a private company to provide a platform for another's speech. None. It is, in fact, antithetical to the concept of a "Marketplace of Ideas." In a marketplace, shitty/dangerous/offensive products are not offered for sale on the shelves of department stores.

This happens so often on HN. People understand the superficial concept they gleaned from a class years ago, but since most people went into STEM, they weren't exposed to a liberal arts education that gives the full picture.

So, we're left with people pretending to understand a concept, while simultaneously destroying the principle with their opinion.

Re:People are leaving Spotify over decision to host Alex Jon... by nowayhose on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @05:30PM (#17657371)
Another funny argument a lot of programmers use is that why don't tolerant people tolerate intolerance.

They understand definition of tolerance and intolerance but never took any philosophy or history classes and don't understand development of tolerance as a philosophy or movement.

They see everything as binary data types instead of more complex classes.