Thread by @JuliusGoat

🧔🏻I’m intellectual dark web.
🙂What’s that?
🧔🏻 It means I believe unequivocally in free speech, even if offensive.
😕 like ... what?
🧔🏻Race science, Nazis, nationalism, that stuff.
🤨Also those who tell the truth about systemic racism, right?
🧔🏻Them I try to get fired.

😧It’s just...race science, fascism, authoritarianism...those are REALLY dangerous.
🧔🏻 We in intellectual dark web believe all speech must be protected in free society. You cannot squelch ANY speech.
🤨 But...you suppress critical race theory.
🧔🏻Yes, it really squelches fascism.

😧You really seem to want to overlook the real cost marginalized people pay when you platform hate speech.
🧔🏻 Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Defeat hateful ideas by presenting better arguments
🤨So...your “intellectual dark web” argues against hateful ideas?
🧔🏻hahahahaha no

😧 you “intellectual dark web” people claim exposing hate speech will lead people to reject it, but history teaches a far different lesson.
🧔🏻yes that’s why we oppose teaching it in schools
🙂hate speech?
🧔🏻no, history

😧I just don’t see how you in good conscience can promulgate Nazi speech.
🧔🏻”I may disagree with what you say, but I’ll give my life for your right to say it.”
🙂So you defend my right to speak?
🧔🏻Ooh I mostly just defend Nazis?
😯Doesn’t seem like you disagree.
🧔🏻I did say “may”

🧔🏻We in intellectual dark web oppose “cancel culture.”
🙂What’s that?
🧔🏻 Silencing speech
😕 Sounds bad
🧔🏻 White men are no longer allowed to speak
😟Whoa. The government arrests you? Prosecutes?
🧔🏻No
🤨 What then?
🧔🏻There’s public criticism
🤨Seems cowardly
🧔🏻You’re canceling me

🧔🏻Why won't you debate my IDEAS?
😯Because they're bad ideas.
🧔🏻Ideas should be allowed to succeed or fail in open debate.
😀They are. We heard your ideas. We think they're bad. Your bad idea failed.
🧔🏻Well I meant my ideas should be allowed to succeed.

🧔🏻we must have free speech
🙂 well on that we agr—
🧔🏻we can’t let “woke” mobs cancel people
😧how do they do that?
🧔🏻 by shouting people down
🤨... so, speech, then?
🧔🏻
😶
🧔🏻 yes, but BAD speech
😕 ah

😯But society must have some license to impose standards of discourse
🧔🏻No. That’s “cancel culture.”
🤨You intend to control people’s responses to what others say?
🧔🏻 No. But people are innocent until proven guilty
😧 You want to bring people to trial?
🧔🏻Stop changing the subject