> Extremist bigots take it as read that people of the wrong ethnic/religious/political group are either not people or at best inferior people, and direct their efforts to promoting those views, planning how to eliminate those they dislike, and normalizing that behavior.
Yes, extremist bigots do tend to favor deplatforming: they just want to deplatform a different group.
Surely we can behave better than the bigots?
> You are, essentially, projecting the characteristics of bad actors onto other actors who are warning and complaining about said bad actors.
Yes, but it's not just projection: the shoe fits.
If we behave like them we are no better than them. We on the left can't claim tolerance if we only tolerate people we agree with.
> That's a tactic known as 'entryism' designed to leverage your nice, conflict-averse personality as a vehicle for normalization and possible future recruitment.
LOL at me being conflict-averse. Check out my post history.
Yes, extremist bigots do tend to favor deplatforming: they just want to deplatform a different group.
Surely we can behave better than the bigots?
> You are, essentially, projecting the characteristics of bad actors onto other actors who are warning and complaining about said bad actors.
Yes, but it's not just projection: the shoe fits.
If we behave like them we are no better than them. We on the left can't claim tolerance if we only tolerate people we agree with.
> That's a tactic known as 'entryism' designed to leverage your nice, conflict-averse personality as a vehicle for normalization and possible future recruitment.
LOL at me being conflict-averse. Check out my post history.