Small discussion (7 points, 19 hours ago, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42457695

I guess the tolerant left isn't quite so tolerant.

Tolerance isn't a moral precept. It's a peace treaty. If you aren't willing to tolerate trans people, then why should they tolerate you?

Maybe they're learning along the way, albeit risking charges of flip flopping.

This strikes me as a "paradox of tolerance" situation.

I don't believe in Neo-Nazi's but I do believe they have the right to march and publish books, websites, etc. That's called free speech. I believe someone should be able to not agree with trans, or gays, or anything else... and they should be allowed to have their opinions.

So here, I'm just against censorship. I understand it's a private website and they are free to enforce their moderation and rules as they see fit... I'm simply pointing out that once you start letting the mob decide who gets on, who gets off, who's allowed and who's not -- instead of rules that are enforced blindly and fairly, then it's only a matter of time until the enforcement is changed at the whims of whomever is in control or is popular.

Who is Jesse Signal?

I think he's an asshole.

He's some kind of journalist, but from what I've read of him he seems like the sort of man who lives in unreasoning and unrelenting terror that the guy in the stall next to his might have a vagina instead of a penis. He's a minor hero to right-wingers because he feeds into their prejudices concerning transgender people.