Originally posted by woohoo
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I don't agree with the removal of the Jordan Peterson invitation to Cambridge, but you seem unable to compare a serious offender, some who have faced jail time, compared to someone who is a researcher or has a background in examining the context of language and its use.
As our expats in Germany will attest, there have been neo-nazis in Germany complaining about being no platformed after trying to get a platform using alternative names and identities. The worst possible outcome would be we never no-platform anybody and end up with a society in which certain parts of the society are unable to differentiate between poor quality and good quality information. It already exists now, but at a manageable low level. Can you imagine what would happen if nobody was ever no-platformed and people could always say whatever rubbish that came into their head? All sorts of tribal notions would emerge and society would breakdown.
Ultimately people of minority grouping ended up verbally abused, ridiculed, beaten up and even killed for being who they knew they truly were. Rather than have a bunch of white middle aged men complain about political correctness, why not consider that it does have some benefit into a more formalised language of politeness and respect for those who are likely to face such abuse simply for being gay/black/<insert minority>.
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