Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt

Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by acqq on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:13PM (#18764955)

Do you think "Southern Poverty Law Center" has only valid evaluations of who is "racist", i.e. do you think that they can't be wrong?

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/04/19/the-splc-has-...

"Ayaan Hirsi Ali" ... "is the Somali-born activist who was a victim of faith-based genital mutilation. Her friend, director Theo van Gogh, was murdered by a Muslim extremist who then stuck a knife in van Gogh’s body with a note that said Hirsi Ali was next. She has since written two memoirs and a book offering ways to reform the faith."

She was listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "page listing “Anti-Muslim Extremists”." I'm absolutely sure Southern Poverty Law Center was wrong there, similar but even worse than calling Salman Rushdie an anti-Muslim extremist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali

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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by eesmith on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:07PM (#18765663)

Of course not. One need not look further than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center#Co... to find examples where they were not only wrong, but said they were wrong.

Do you only take input from organizations which are perfect?

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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by acqq on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:18PM (#18773528)

I don't find relevant the inputs of organizations which exactly in the cases I'm familiar with get it completely wrong. And I invite others to familiarize them with the case and question these too.

How SPLC characterized Hirsi Ali is a good example of complete wrongness, enough to discredit their real understanding of the topic they purport to be able to judge.

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