For the past 36 hours I've had putative leftists arguing to me about how employers ought to have total dominion over employees' speech.
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Replying to @mtracey @GoingYard5176 and
yeah I saw your tweet & generally agree with underlying point, but key argument needs to be FOR worker protections not AGAINST firing Nazis
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Replying to @mcyost @GoingYard5176 and
Agree. However, insisting that even the most vile workers are due protections strengthens and universalizes the underlying principle.
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Replying to @mtracey @GoingYard5176 and
yes, just saying you invited unnecessary backlash because you allowed your point to be pigeonholed as pro-Nazi
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Replying to @mcyost @GoingYard5176 and
Cynical/opportunistic people are going to respond in bad faith no matter what. It's the nature of Twitter.
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Replying to @mtracey @GoingYard5176 and
Idk man. I did college debate for 5 years & was in involved in HS debate for 10. Framing matters. Even sympathetic people can get turned off
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Replying to @mcyost @GoingYard5176 and
If people want to claim that explicitly declaring non-sympathy with Nazis and calling them repugnant is "pro-Nazi," they're being dishonest
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Replying to @mtracey @GoingYard5176 and
your lede was that firing Nazis is unnerving. It reads as doublespeak
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Replying to @mcyost @GoingYard5176 and
Yeah, unnerving for the reasons I outlined, not unnerving due to "sympathy" for Nazis. Again, if people want to willfully misread, so be it.
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