"Nobody is required to provide a forum for people who express horrible views."
True, but it comes down to an issue you heaped scorn upon in the past; Who decides? Is the public square a public square? You told us in the past that the deciders thought nobody should be able to read your unacceptable (to them) thoughts, killed your account a…
"Nobody is required to provide a forum for people who express horrible views."
True, but it comes down to an issue you heaped scorn upon in the past; Who decides? Is the public square a public square? You told us in the past that the deciders thought nobody should be able to read your unacceptable (to them) thoughts, killed your account and deprived you of earned money. But you are fine with that being done to someone who's idea you find to be vile. Ironically, their idea being that your views are vile. Who decides? I don't write this to attack you, we simply have different views. I don't want you silenced. I agree with you quite often, sometimes not. I hope nobody decides to stop us from discussing it by canceling either of us.
In 1972 Shirley Chisholm ran for President. She was speaking someplace where I was. The crowd of listeners were black. They didn't object to me listening to what she had to say. There was also a crowd of white people ignoring her. They didn't try to shout her down (maybe that happened someplace else, I don't know). Too bad they didn't listen, but at least they didn't try to prevent people who wanted to listen from listening. To me, that's important. I don't want anyone deciding that I can't listen to someone. I read Chairman Mao's Little Red Book back in the 60s. I didn't become a communist, but I did want to understand the ideology that I was wearing a uniform to fight against.
At the moment the biggest political thing in America is electing people who will pack the Supreme Court (the deciders) with people who will enforce their political ideology. The ultimate cancelers. When the deciders decide vindictively, we have a big problem.
I dispute that vileness is a matter of personal perspective. I'd go so far as to say that people who think it's cool to cage children or shoot 12yo black kids with toys guns are objectively vile people.
I read Mao's book too.
Truth be told, honestly, I don't want vile people silenced. I want them to be able to speak their horrid minds so the rest of us can correctly identify them for who they are and get them out of our lives.
"Nobody is required to provide a forum for people who express horrible views."
True, but it comes down to an issue you heaped scorn upon in the past; Who decides? Is the public square a public square? You told us in the past that the deciders thought nobody should be able to read your unacceptable (to them) thoughts, killed your account and deprived you of earned money. But you are fine with that being done to someone who's idea you find to be vile. Ironically, their idea being that your views are vile. Who decides? I don't write this to attack you, we simply have different views. I don't want you silenced. I agree with you quite often, sometimes not. I hope nobody decides to stop us from discussing it by canceling either of us.
In 1972 Shirley Chisholm ran for President. She was speaking someplace where I was. The crowd of listeners were black. They didn't object to me listening to what she had to say. There was also a crowd of white people ignoring her. They didn't try to shout her down (maybe that happened someplace else, I don't know). Too bad they didn't listen, but at least they didn't try to prevent people who wanted to listen from listening. To me, that's important. I don't want anyone deciding that I can't listen to someone. I read Chairman Mao's Little Red Book back in the 60s. I didn't become a communist, but I did want to understand the ideology that I was wearing a uniform to fight against.
At the moment the biggest political thing in America is electing people who will pack the Supreme Court (the deciders) with people who will enforce their political ideology. The ultimate cancelers. When the deciders decide vindictively, we have a big problem.
I dispute that vileness is a matter of personal perspective. I'd go so far as to say that people who think it's cool to cage children or shoot 12yo black kids with toys guns are objectively vile people.
I read Mao's book too.
Truth be told, honestly, I don't want vile people silenced. I want them to be able to speak their horrid minds so the rest of us can correctly identify them for who they are and get them out of our lives.
We agree.
Schön!