The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Anteater

Maybe some kind of legal precedent isn't a bad thing in this case. If the WaPo decided tomorrow to publish an article about you based on falsehoods and/or bull**** information....even if they retract it later, the damage is already done. Especially since every publication out there takes every story they publish and pushes it out through social media on their own as fast as they can.



Das rite!

I bet those guys could do that for years but if I were in a certain mood they’d be thinking I was some kind of **** they’ve never seen before.

[OccultHawk]

A school having a business class is more dangerous than klan rallies.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

A school having a business class is more dangerous than klan rallies.

I disagree cause they're probably learning something at the rally.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I disagree cause they're probably learning something at the rally.

Good point. The Klan doesn’t weaponize tuition and debt, however.

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

nearly nobody on the left supports gov censorship

I don't think that's even necessarily true. They have hate speech laws in Europe which are tantamount to govt censorship and are supported by many leftists.

The real question is if you actually believe speech is violence then why don't you support state censorship. The state prohibits forms of violence all the time.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by jwb

I don't think that's even necessarily true. They have hate speech laws in Europe which are tantamount to govt censorship and are supported by many leftists.

The real question is if you actually believe speech is violence then why don't you support state censorship. The state prohibits forms of violence all the time.

He’s opposed to the state existing in any capacity

Ain’t that right elph

[jwb]

You can use that same argument to advocate legalizing any other form of violence. Basically there's not a single law you can justify, using that framework.

Most anarchists I've come across seem to understand that advocating for certain laws while the state still exists is not at odds with the belief that eventually they would like to see the state disappear.

[jwb]

Or Google's job.

Can you explain to me what harm is being done by hate speech laws on the books in other countries right now? I don't see how they aren't addressing the same problem you are talking about. The idea that corporations can responsibly thought police but the govt doing it is a slippery slope seems like a rather peculiar pov to me.

[jwb]

I'm not being hyperbolic. I didn't say they were coming to jail you. I'm asking how those hate speech laws are doing more harm than good. First you said you just don't trust the government to determine hate speech (and so I pointed out that for some reason you do trust corporations to do so) and now you're apparently saying instead that the consequences are too steep. The consequences for other forms of violence are also that you go to jail. Do you disagree with that as well?

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

they're just reacting (quite late) to the rise of open racism up to full blown Nazism

so are hate speech laws.