Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by smrtinsert on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:54PM
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At racism. Easy call for me.
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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by ralusek on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:44PM
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Yes, but please examine how the case becomes muddied with literally any level of nuance. Sargon of Akkad was deplatformed for using the n-word in a conversation criticizing a group of white-supremacists for behaving exactly like the people that they constantly classify as "n-words." He was literally using the term ironically, against white-supremacists, to show them how their own behaviors were exactly the sorts of behaviors they were attempting to classify as inferior and "black."
The man has hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of footage of his opinions online. He is not racist...at all. And yet here you are confidently and smugly declaring your comfort with his livelihood being taken away on the basis of his racism because the issue could not be simpler in your mind.
Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by beokop on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:27PM
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Racism is pretty common across the world. Sure, we could just decide to not talk to anyone that posts racist thoughts, but would the world really be better off?
Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by krapp on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:03PM
(#18765642)
>Sure, we could just decide to not talk to anyone that posts racist thoughts, but would the world really be better off?
... yes?
I can't imagine the world would be better off by engaging even more with racists.
Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by beokop on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:50PM
(#18765927)
The cure to racism isn’t isolation.
Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:41PM
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Historically, no, but things might be different this time.