If, for example, a shopping mall permits an alt-right/neo-nazi stand, they are saying that they find that acceptable on their property.
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Replying to @aral
The core problem is that, under Capitalism, we lack a public sphere. All our public spaces are privately owned & that’s bad for democracy.
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Replying to @aral
(Because, remember, that for every Milo you want to silence, there are a hundred religious fundamentalists who want to silence you.)
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Replying to @aral
We will not win the war of ideas by silencing the ones we don’t like but by nurturing a commons where ideas can be freely debated.
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Replying to @aral
I'm curious. How will that help us win the war of ideas exactly?
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Replying to @ejpbruel
Because we know what kind of ideas rule in a system where we are not free to express and debate ideas (authoritarian ones).
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I dont believe for 1 sec that having a system in which we are truly free to express and debate ideas would prevent authoritarian ideas
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Replying to @ejpbruel
The goal is not to prevent ideas but to prevent the prevention of ideas.
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Having complete freedom to express ideas is not going to be enough in itself to defeat authoritarianism.
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No argument there. Necessary but not sufficient.
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