De-Platforming

Protesting Poor Policy Doesn’t Determine Derangement.

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It’s hard to believe that people are being excoriated, left and right, for daring to speak their minds on the topic of Israel. That’s right. Unless a person is gushing with love and respect for the State of Israel, they are labeled antisemitic. That’s the equivalent today of being labeled a racist 20 years ago. It can be the death knell for anyone socially or worse, professionally. Why is it a person may be again the government of a clearly secular state, and be brushed with such a toxic label?

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De-Platforming is Bad on it’s Face

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As most regular visitors here are aware, I am against de-platforming people on social media for any reason, with the exception of threatening violence against a person or a group. No matter how despicable or vile I might find someone’s opinion, They have a right, in my view to express it. As I’ve written on more than one occasion, we may surely agree on some people that need to be kicked off social media, but then what? Well, of course, these less controversial will be in the sights on certain people, who will complain to these platforms about what is being posted, and it becomes a regression where voices, just because we happen to disagree with their point of view on any subject, are forever silenced.

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