Milo Y analogy: should we rally around the right of creationists and flat Earthers to spout nonsense on an academic stage?
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Replying to @ContraPoints
Milo Y is to political philosophy what Ken Ham is to biology. He should be allowed to say what he wants, but not as a campus speaker.
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Replying to @ContraPoints
I think if you try to dismiss certain ideas, however extreme, you just end up pushing them underground or out of sight.
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Replying to @datnofact
true, but Milo is not a mouthpiece for any real ideas. He just wants to upset people.
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Replying to @ContraPoints
Yes, I agree. That's his shtick. So angrily protesting him is just giving him what he wants.
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Replying to @datnofact @ContraPoints
If you deny him a platform, then he'll just claim "muh free speech", and people will rally around that instead.
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Replying to @datnofact @ContraPoints
You can't beat Milo that way. You have to challenge his ideas. Not make him some sort of free speech pariah.
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Replying to @datnofact
he has no ideas. Provocation is his only idea, and deplatforming keeps him from doing it on campus.
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Replying to @ContraPoints
I disagree. It's a large part of what he does yes, but he does have views on issues, and those can definitely be challenged.
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but challenging them doesn't help when he's in the room. His sneering mode of discourse mocks the idea of rational dialogue.
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