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Comment by wbronitsky | Hacker News Reader

Downvotes simply silence a post. If someone doesn't agree, they can rebut, but that is not what a downvote is.

In this case, its a slap on the wrist for a comment that doesn't positively contribute.

I fail to see how calling out that Nazis are unequivocally evil is not positively contributing when someone is trying to gain sympathy for being discriminated against for being a Nazi. I bet you would also say that it’s “not the time” to have these sorts of discussions. Too bad, I’m not going to be quiet about this. It’s deeply sad to me that this community is willing to quickly rally around Nazis and shame people who speak against them.

It is because you're ignoring what the comment is actually about. Airbnb declines hosting of people they deem unworthy, because they have the wrong political ideology or spoke out about the wrong thing.

Who is to say that they dont expand this? Can I still go to demonstrations and airbnb or will that be banned as well? Can I still criticize the president and airbnb? What about beeing anti-war or pro-war?

I’m sorry, this is a dumb argument. I will not interface with people who think Nazis are a slippery slope. That’s bullshit and you know it. This is a bad faith argument

Denying people their right to gather peacefully at a lawful political rally, simply because you posit them as irredeemably evil, is a hallmark of fascism. And even though I do not agree with your blatant Nazi mindset, I will fight for your right to state your backwards views, and attend lawful political rallies of your choosing, without a multinational company stifling your activism by denying you lodging after they snooped on your online behavior.

The same sympathy that is lacking for anti-immigrant activists, is on display in your posts. Can you think of a single legit purpose of anti-immigrant activists? If not, how are you not anything but creating division and misunderstanding?

The one thing we need to be intolerant about is intolerance.

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