I <3 liberal values, and thus I'm worried about SJWs and their tactics. But still, it bothers me that they keep getting strawmanned :(.
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I realize it's misguided and even very dangerous, but what's the most charitable way to understand it?
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Oppression is a very real form of violence. Hate speech is a means, mechanism, and instrument of oppression.
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For example, if you were to be imprisioned, the epithets hurled at you by more powerful inmates would be intended to do very real violence.
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It sounds like the U.S. gets it right here, as I believe the Rwandan radio broadcasts would not be protected under U.S. law.
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It's similar to how mob bosses only ever give orders and never participate in the actual crimes.
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Their problem is they misunderstood the Nuremberg precedent as something beyond "making examples is a great power-consolidation tool."
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To their credit, the SJWs do not make this mistake! They're taking the correct Machiavellian actions to gain & defend institutional power.
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Which only works if there’s a science of speech that allows cause and effect to be known.
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As no such science exists, all you get is a select group of interventionistas who get to rule over the rest of us.
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"Should they have to prove that violence was intended and imminent before they intervene"? Yes. Else it's thoughtcrime.
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