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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by ianmcgowan on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:14AM (#25503804)
One person's witch hunt is another's "defense of tolerance". There's definitely a line where free speech runs into ideas and positions that are not compatible with free speech, e.g. how can you have a reasoned discussion with a Nazi if they believe certain groups are literally subhuman, and you happen to be part of (or even have normal human empathy for) one of those groups.

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

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by concordDance on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:38AM (#25505281)
> how can you have a reasoned discussion with a Nazi if they believe certain groups are literally subhuman, and you happen to be part of (or even have normal human empathy for) one of those groups.

Well...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis

I've had interesting discussions about whether or not people like me should be allowed to vote or breed and whether people like me not existing would make the world a more peaceful place.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by UncleMeat on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:23AM (#25506494)
Daryl Davis doesn't scale. Everybody likes to point at him but there is a reason why he is a unique case. Especially since it would be trivial for fascists to monopolize his time by just claiming to be open to discussion while actually not being interested in changing their views. This is why Davis holds his conversations in private. When done in public, his approach is exploitable to create a seemingly legitimate channel to spread fascist propaganda.
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