[1270018000]

Private companies censoring isn't a new thing.

Regardless, information is shared as such a rate now that comparing them to anecdotes from the 80s isn't even applicable. I'd have trouble believing a radio talk show host from the 80s would host self-proclaimed neo nazis like Joe Rogan has. If anything, speech is so free now that we see opinions that wouldn't have seen the light of day a few decades ago. Which is why content hosters are having to tackle the question of what they allow, and hopefully they make the right decision.

[ithkuil]

Did Joe Rogan literally proclaim himself as a neo-nazi or is it a hyperbole? Genuinely curious, since a quick web search didn't shed any light in that question

[drlobster]

I had to read the paragraph a few times, but I think what is being said is that "Joe has hosted self proclaimed neo-Nazis'.

[dkdk8283]

Which is completely acceptable. Everyone deserves the chance to talk. You don’t have listen.

[jakelazaroff]

No, it’s not. Everyone deserves the chance to talk, but everyone does not deserve to be broadcast to an audience of millions.

[ithkuil]

But they'll find a way to talk to like minded people; and then you'll be surprised how many of them there are.

BTW, who are those millions you want to protect? Are you afraid otherwise sensible people will be infected by some opinions expressed on media? Isn't this a bit paternalistic?

It's better to fight the enemy in the open field; let's have people talk and show who they are and what they actually mean by what they say. Let's criticize what is wrong with what they say and not just said by somebody that got lumped together in the same camp. Let's have an open a tolerant society, in which intolerance itself is exposed for what it is openly and not given ammunition by being intolerant of any people.

[jakelazaroff]

It has been shown over [1] and over [2] and over [3] again that deplatforming is effective. So yes, they'll still find a way to talk to like-minded people, but you're incorrect if you think there will be nearly as many.

You're coming at this based on the idea that everyone is rational and sensible and (re)evaluates their views based on logic. Our brains don't work like that; literally all it takes for someone to warm up to an idea is being repeatedly exposed to it [4], and that's before you even get into things like confirmation bias/pleas to emotion/peer pressure/etc.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/11/study-finds-reddits-contro...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/technology/alex-jones-inf...

[3] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjbp9d/do-social-media-ba...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect

[UncleMeat]

If sensible people are immune to racial and ethnic hatred, then why have we seen it all over the place throughout history. People should have seen right through Blood Libel and not massacred all those innocent jewish people, right?

Of course not. Media and narratives matter. Fascism has succeeded in the past at murdering millions of people. There is no fundamental reason why it couldn't happen again.

[krageon]

Everyone does not deserve the chance to talk. Pick up a history book, I think you will find some good examples for why Nazis do not deserve a platform or space to talk about their political views in society.

[ithkuil]

oh sorry I totally misparsed the sentence