re: #571 Killgore Trout

Because some people want to listen to him.

So fucking what?

It’s not for me to decide what other people listen to.

That’s not what is being talked about, is it?

I don’t think it’s a good idea to drive hateful ideas underground.

I’m sorry, I don’t know what to say. That’s fucking staggeringly naive.

Obviously, propaganda has been part of some of the horrific crimes against humanity. Propaganda allowed slavery to continue, propaganda against Jews allowed the mass murder and persecution of Jews. Propaganda is real, and powerful, and should be treated as such, and confronted.

I haven’t mentioned banning a damn thing, so please stop pretending I have. You tried to posit this as a free speech issue the other day, and you’re right; it’s completely free speech to speak out against hateful speech, confront it, and to try to get other people to speak out against it.

You’ve got such a bizarre, passive view of this. Again: These things have real world consequences. Nobody is a bystander.