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by pjc50 2959 days ago
Well, if it turns out that "genocide is actually good" is correct we're all doomed.

Less flippantly, we may not have any special access to moral rightness; in fact if there's one important conclusion of 20th century moral philosophy it's that there's no exogenous moral truth to be found; but we definitely do know a number of things are wrong and lead to moral disaster on a colossal scale. This is why you have to ban racial supremacists. It's happening all over again with the Rohingya.

There is certainly a large band of "extremism or acceptable questioning of the status quo", but anyone running a discussion forum has to be aware that they can't disclaim all moral responsibility for hate spread on it.

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> This is why you have to ban racial supremacists.

The problem is, there is far from an accepted common definition (by design, I'd argue) for "racial supremacists".

> It's happening all over again with the Rohingya.

Is this related to online forums somehow or just a reference to consequences?