Re:Parler's home page is back online, but app still not in s...
by monoideism on Sunday January 17, 2021 @10:14PM
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Have you read that Wikipedia article you cite?
Because extra-judicial persecution of "bad people" [0] is something Popper never discussed or advocated for in _Open Societies and Its Enemies_. He very specifically advocates for this only when all else has failed, and only by the state itself -- being as such action doesn't bode well for any liberal democracy that undertakes such action.
I know you've not read the book, but perhaps read the Wikipedia article you're citing.
0. I've seen a whole range of people called "bad people" by antifa types these days, from centrists all the way to white supremacists.
Because extra-judicial persecution of "bad people" [0] is something Popper never discussed or advocated for in _Open Societies and Its Enemies_. He very specifically advocates for this only when all else has failed, and only by the state itself -- being as such action doesn't bode well for any liberal democracy that undertakes such action.
I know you've not read the book, but perhaps read the Wikipedia article you're citing.
0. I've seen a whole range of people called "bad people" by antifa types these days, from centrists all the way to white supremacists.