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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by ngcazz on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:31PM (#19811737)
Milo Yiannopoulos getting the bully pulpit on TV and university stages, to say, as though it were a fait acompli, that trans people are sick is dangerous.

Paul Joseph Watson spewing misinformation about the extent of the refugee crisis is dangerous.

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by Mirioron on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:44PM (#19811927)
>Paul Joseph Watson spewing misinformation about the extent of the refugee crisis is dangerous.

Is it any more dangerous than the lies politicians spewed about it in Europe though? We know that a bunch of those politicians straight up either lied or didn't know what they were talking about. We have had terror attacks carried out in Europe by refugees or asylum seekers that have killed people. Some sources even claim that quite many people have died [0], but I am not sure how credible this is.

[0] https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/BG3314....

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by razakel on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:55PM (#19813363)
>We have had terror attacks carried out in Europe by refugees or asylum seekers that have killed people.

For some bizarre reason, people get angry when you bomb them.

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by Mirioron on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:16PM (#19821382)
I don't see how this is relevant to the discussion. The question is whether information about the refugee crisis is dangerous or not. Every attack carried out by a refugee or asylum seeker wouldn't have happened if they hadn't been there.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by tastygreenapple on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:47PM (#19813706)
Yes, this is why America started its war on terror after 9/11.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by razakel on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:56PM (#19813759)
>Yes, this is why America started its war on terror after 9/11.

Huh, I thought 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came from a country allied with America, that wants to buy $350 billion of weapons and military technology from it...

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by 3131s on Friday May 03, 2019 @12:53AM (#19815682)
Because Iraq bombed us? When did that happen?
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by anbop on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:43PM (#19811919)
Doesn’t the medical establishment consider trans people to be “sick,” in that they have the disorder known as gender dysphoria?
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by t_dunks on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:47PM (#19811962)
I think if lying about facts and figures is this level of dangerous, then there are many more people who should be banned... such as Obama. Only different is he is stating "facts and figures" (even if they are false) that you agree with.
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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by dang on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:44PM (#19815060)
If you post flamebait like this again we will ban you.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by berbec on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:29PM (#19813154)
Is this flame bait or do you actually believe this? It saddens me to see this here on HN
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by TheAdamAndChe on Thursday May 02, 2019 @07:28PM (#19814011)
The issue is that this is not a solved cultural issue. We don't know what causes trans people to be trans. Some believe it's nature, some say it's nurture. With such an up-in-the-air issue, is it really right of us to suppress the speech of those who think it's affected more by how we're raised?
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by ben_w on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:07PM (#19812937)
Briefly following my graduation, I was friends with more trans women than cis women. The closest any of them got to seeming unwell was that one was a workaholic.