Christchurch massacre

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

4Chan has a board called /pol/, short for "politically incorrect", which is a designated nazi safe space. Reddit leaves moderation up to individual subreddits and has left boards like The_Donald alone, which allows racism as long as it's thinly veiled by dogwhistles and the like.

No, they're monitored by Law Enforcement.

All your racists in one convenient place, see.

Free speech absolutism and civility fetishism are what allowed racist, far right ideas to fester and inspire attacks like the one in Christchurch. Racists like Senator Anning need to be mocked, shamed, humiliated, and shut down so they will be too afraid of the social consequences to air their vile views in public.

If we want to live in a society where bigotry is taboo then we have to do the work to make it taboo. If our response to racism is to shrug our shoulders and think, "well, he's a terrible person but he's entitled to his opinion" then the white nationalists will find it easier to spread their beliefs and gain converts to their movement, which will inspire more and more attacks on Muslims, immigrants and other minorities in the future. If the white nationalists manage to gain mainstream acceptance or capture state power then we could have a full-scale genocide on our hands.

Besides all that, eggs are harmless and I don't think punching a kid in the face, tackling him to the ground and putting him in a chokehold is an appropriate response to having one smashed on your head.

Suppression of Far-Right ideas is what allows them to fester. In this case egging the Senator is likely to engender sympathy if not admiration for his response. He hit him, the kid then threw a pathetic counter so he hit him again, then his aides dragged him away. The same thing happened to John Prescott some years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhME8dcOqc

In this case the kid looks particularly pathetic for trying to film it on his phone.

[a completely inoffensive name]

In this case the kid looks particularly pathetic for trying to film it on his phone.

Nah, the politician looks pathetic for hitting a kid.

This is what happens when a politician who is comfortable with the people he represents gets egged:


"this is all just part of, you know, the free speech. [...] that's why I love this country, you have to take the whole package when you love something..."

Alt-right going to go straight for the violent solution every time...