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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by richbell on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:21PM (#37316464)
What constitutes a "Nazi"? I remember when people were up in arms claiming that Jordan Peterson (who I do not support) a Nazi and trying to get him deplatformed; there are countless other examples of people being branded as Nazis for being unpopular and distasteful.
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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by bb88 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:05PM (#37316778)
What constitutes a Nazi? Support for Adolf Hitler or his beliefs.
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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by richbell on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:25PM (#37316925)
How do you reconcile witj people who define Nazi differently?

Is Ron DeSantis a Nazi? Is Matt Walsh a Nazi? etc.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by bb88 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:29PM (#37316951)
I don't know, do they support Adolf Hitler or his views? If they don't then they're not, right?

Sure people get "labelled" as Nazi's. It happens all the time on the internet. Hence Godwin's first law of flamewars.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by richbell on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:32PM (#37316967)
You're ignoring my question. That's your personal definition of a Nazi, which I'd agree with; however, many people have much looser definitions.
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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by bb88 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:42PM (#37317031)
Merriam webster seems to agree with me.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi

I think maybe where you went wrong was asking what a Nazi is and expecting someone to actually answer it.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by richbell on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:55PM (#37317106)
I'm not sure how to make my point clearer.

I guess GOTO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37316464

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by gruez on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:13PM (#37317225)
>I don't know, do they support Adolf Hitler or his views?

Why yes I do support the autobahn and universal healthcare.

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