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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Yes I have to agree with this. Someone I look up to a LOT has been no platformed for her views pretty recently and I find it ****ing disgraceful. Even if what she said was bigoted or whatever (which I disagree that it was) she still deserves to have a voice without a bunch of SJWs screaming about it. Challenge any views you disagree with, do not silence people. All IMO of course 
Edited to add..this person was Germaine Greer. Let the accusations of hairy bra-burning angry feminazi commence... |
I do think though that people can sometimes jump to accusations of calling people SJW's a little too quickly and that can also hamper discussion and make people feel like they can't express their views. Germaine Greer for example, she made comments that I found transphobic and offensive and I was outspoken against her because of it, but at the same time I don't agree in people like her being silenced or that she isn't entitled to her views. It's just that I wanted to express my views too and argue against her and explain why I believed her to be wrong, which I'm just as entitled to do as anyone else expressing their freedom of speech. It wasn't me or the other people who disagreed with her that no-platformed her, but it's us who would be lumped into the 'SJW' bracket in describing the reaction against her and her comments (although I think in her specific case I seem to remember it was that someone called for her to be no-platformed but it didn't actually go ahead, although I could be mistaken on that - or you could have been referring to something entirely separate
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My point though is that sometimes, if someone shows that they are offended by something it can very often lead to that person being accused of trying to silence other people or trying to take away peoples free speech when it just isn't the case and that is also a form of shutting people down who should feel free to share their opinion but may be worried about doing so because of those accusations.