> On the other hand, at what point do we accept that we have different viewpoints and live and let live?
The government, soapboxes, homes and places of business that are happy to have them.
Freedom of Speech is not the right to be heard. If people don't like what you have to say, or how you are saying it, they are free to walk away. If you don't like what someone is doing in your place of business, you can also throw them out. That includes being allowed to throw a loud ranting racist out of a, say, pub or a website.
These individuals are free to create their own businesses and websites which facilitate whatever kind of discourse they please, nobody can take that away from them (unless they venture into fighting words). They, however, seem to want to be where their ideas are not wanted[1].
Patreon would likely be happy to have a conservative on their website if the primary concern of the content was not intolerance.
> I'm torn about this.
Karl Popper helps clear it up[2]. His wording surrounding FoS is particularly illuminating because it doesn't specifically calling out left-extremists or right-extremists; both have been pretty awful about attacking speech, especially the escalation over the past few years.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_brigading
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
The government, soapboxes, homes and places of business that are happy to have them.
Freedom of Speech is not the right to be heard. If people don't like what you have to say, or how you are saying it, they are free to walk away. If you don't like what someone is doing in your place of business, you can also throw them out. That includes being allowed to throw a loud ranting racist out of a, say, pub or a website.
These individuals are free to create their own businesses and websites which facilitate whatever kind of discourse they please, nobody can take that away from them (unless they venture into fighting words). They, however, seem to want to be where their ideas are not wanted[1].
Patreon would likely be happy to have a conservative on their website if the primary concern of the content was not intolerance.
> I'm torn about this.
Karl Popper helps clear it up[2]. His wording surrounding FoS is particularly illuminating because it doesn't specifically calling out left-extremists or right-extremists; both have been pretty awful about attacking speech, especially the escalation over the past few years.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_brigading [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance