I see absolutely zero downsides from censoring the subset of "Free Speech" that is literally just personal, demeaning, toxic slurs, it accomplishes nothing at best, and at worst just pisses everyone off. He's still welcome to argue central core ideas without all the ad homs.
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Replying to @The_CO_Atheist @gaywonk and
The reason we have free speech isn’t to accomplish anything in particular; we have it because it’s ours by right. As for whether you personally see it as toxic, I can’t change your views, but you’ve obviously never watched his show if you somehow think he’s actually a bigot.
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𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙜𝙖𝙣 Retweeted Carlos Maza
If you can watch this whole thing and tell me this should be tolerable whatsoever, then we are at a core, fundamental disagreement. Again, I only want to censor this garbage, He's more than welcome to make his actual arguments.https://twitter.com/gaywonk/status/1134264395717103617 …
𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙜𝙖𝙣 added,
1:25Carlos MazaVerified account @gaywonkSince I started working at Vox, Steven Crowder has been making video after video "debunking" Strikethrough. Every single video has included repeated, overt attacks on my sexual orientation and ethnicity. Here's a sample: pic.twitter.com/UReCcQ2EljShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @The_CO_Atheist @gaywonk and
Giving someone tough shit for being a self-branded token isn’t a good enough reason to engage in censorship.
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Replying to @ChickenRocko @gaywonk and
I don't care what the other person has done or if he's supposedly "Asking for it", it's still unacceptably demeaning shitty behavior and deserves to be wiped from public discourse.
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Replying to @The_CO_Atheist @gaywonk and
That’s how it seems to ‘you.’ Again, you’re the one trying to control people’s speech. And if you look at it, him saying “lispy queer” hasn’t hurt a single person. Not one. It’s just a bunch of moral outrage that’s more based on Maza taking offense than any actual principle.
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Replying to @ChickenRocko @gaywonk and
If you don't think Maza has been hurt by all this, you are simply not grappling with reality. Hell, just look at any of his threads to see 10x more abuse exactly in line with Crowder's comments. And yes you should be outraged by Crowder's behavior, we can honestly do better.
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Replying to @The_CO_Atheist @gaywonk and
Maza has not been hurt by this. He took offense. Keyword being ‘took.’ Offense is not a metric by which we can gauge damage or abuse. And if you look at some of his posts, the main kind of ‘harassment’ he’s received is from people telling him to debate Crowder.
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Replying to @ChickenRocko @gaywonk and
I dunno about you, but literally countless people knowing my dox would be fucking terrifying, especially when they are all fans of a single person who takes virtually every opportunity to personally demean and belittle you with known slurs.
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Replying to @The_CO_Atheist @gaywonk and
Welp. Crowder didn’t dox him. And he certainly doesn’t take “virtually every opportunity to demean and belittle” Maza. Heck, if you wanna go deeper, he didn’t even use a slur. He said “lispy queer from Vox.” Unless you think being queer is a bad thing, that’s just a fact.
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Yeah he wasn't directly responsible, but are you really going to give him zero credit for fostering such an environment? Honestly, if you can find a single Crowder video mentioning Maza that doesn't resort to personal demeaning insults, I'll be impressed.
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