-> The antidote to fascism is overwhelming opposition, not appeasement.
Where do we draw the line? Using institutions to carry out the project of silencing unwelcome ideas... is to my taste unpalatable.
Where do we draw the line? Using institutions to carry out the project of silencing unwelcome ideas... is to my taste unpalatable.
A free society isn't something that can magically sustain itself without active effort and intolerance should not be tolerated. Sure, you can paint this as a "paradox" but aside from fascists cry bullying about being oppressed (while actively salivating about acquiring the ability to oppress everyone) and naïve liberals who can't remotely imagine the idea of bad faith actors in politics, I don't think anybody is getting oppressed here.
As far as I know, there is no violation of the First amendment here so even if you think hate speech should be protected free speech (which I don't agree with), nobody's freedoms have been breached here.
Nobody I'm confident in trusting, for sure.
Interpretation by who? The things I’ve seen labeled as fascist and racist in recent years have led me to believe this is not true. But then again many of the people doing the labeling not only are quick on the trigger to make accusations of fascism and racism, but also seem to see the world in very black and white terms and seem to have little interest in things like nuance or context. I suppose all ideas become easy to parse with no ambiguity in interpretation when you have zero interest in introspection or countenancing views that differ from your own.
Also, I'd love to see examples of the things you're talking about that are simultaneously filled with nuance and context, but also elicited an internet death penalty.
There is no defense, absolutely none, for allowing companies to just deplatform viewpoints they don't like in a coordinated fashion.
This wasn't a conspiracy theorist or dangerous person like alex jones, this guy was just a jerk with a knack for being rude.
We made a massive jump from banning those dangerous to banning what is unpalatable for most.
Its quite clear that soon we will see more of this and the "correct" opinion will be all thats left.
Authoritarianism often comes slow.
You might also have forgotten about the inconvenient fact that Tate is facing credible accusations of human trafficking which he has so far narrowly avoided facing due to being based in Romania.