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War  ·  2847 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Free Speech and the Paradox of Tolerance

A lot of Milo's rhetoric calls for action that leads to the mistreatment of a lot of different people. While I don't agree that violence is the answer to things. Milo is openly racist, sexist, and xenophobic. That wouldn't be a problem if he wasn't using his speech as a call to action for those who follow him. Same with Spencer, who actively looks to uproot my life, and my family with his rhetoric. Milo, Spencer, and people like him are looking to incite violence against me. In the same way the riots should have been stopped, I don't think they should be given a platform to share their ideals because they are helping in normalizing violence, aggression, and mistreatment of minority groups.