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Originally Posted by Bonecrushing Hits
I don’t have definitive answers of even how I feel about some of these issues as it pertains to free speech protection or hate speech supression, but I do believe the slippery slope argument is worth discussing. It’s easy to point to obvious examples of racists like Spencer and Molyneux and agree that they shouldn’t be promoted or enjoy the same exposure as others, but it isn’t so easy with other greyer areas.
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"Not clearcut" is just the definition of grey areas.
Yes there are always grey areas. It's not an argument that relates to Stephan Molyneux, because as you said he's not in the grey area.
The slippery slope argument with free speech is generations of old by now. It's been considered, and we know the answers. Yes it's always something to be aware of, yes there will always be grey area, yes limiting free speech is sometimes good.
The only thing that's really left to discuss are individual real life cases.
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Let’s take for example immigration. It is commonplace now that anyone arguing against it is racist and therefore promoting hate speech. What if their argument is purely economic, numbers we can absorb yearly, the amount of available jobs, etc? Hate speech? De-platform? What if the argument is more cultural? People from X country seem to be having difficulty adapting and accepting our western values, especially towards women and lgbtq rights. Hate speech? Who decides? Should they be deciding?
What about anti-vaxxers? I believe that they are likely responsible for the loss of lives of many and should be given less options to spew idiotic conspiracies, but that is how I feel. Should they be de-platformed because I don’t like what they are saying? I’m not sure. I do think that the slippery slope is worth considering before censoring things we don’t like or agree with
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Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Unless you actually want to discuss these particular topics, you're just pointing out that yes, grey areas exist. We know.
(Yes you should de-platform anti-vaxxers, homeopaths and other quacks.)