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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=FreeSpeech\" title=\"#FreeSpeech\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#FreeSpeech</a> <br /><br />A Poles guide to politics #6: \"Why free speech for the worst people is especially important\"<br /><br />Whenever you argue for freedom of speech, someone will tell you, that some opinions are so evil, that it should be forbidden to even speak about them. And many people will find it hard to argue for the right to express these opinions.<br /><br />So let me tell you why freedom of speech for these opinions is especially important:<br /><br />1) Censoring them will only strengthen their radical beliefs.<br />Radicalism often (not always) comes from a feeling of oppression. Censoring them would be an actual act of oppression. And that would only confirm the radicals’ belief that they’re being oppressed, in turn further legitimizing their other beliefs. <br /><br />2) By censoring them you are writing their propaganda<br />A message or belief that is held by a group is impossible to fully suppress, as to censor something or someone it first needs to be discovered, and when this post is deleted or that channel is blocked, the same person or someone else can simply post it again anonymously. While it is harder to acquire followers/subscribers that way, these messages will still reach the public. And when they reach the public they hit even harder, because you can make every argument stronger by telling people that you’re being censored. “If I’m wrong, then why can’t people prove me wrong, need to shut me down instead?” “What I’m saying is dangerous to the establishment, why else would they need to shut me down”<br /><br />3) If you actually manage to fully censor them, it will make it close to impossible to de-radicalise them<br />It’s basically Sun-Tzu “Know your enemy”. Censoring them will not make them go away, they will just go underground, which will give them the advantage, that they know us, but we barely know them. Without knowing the opponents arguments(not strawmen) in advance one can not hope to win a discussion if it occurs. And even if you manage to defeat them on a logical level, be it because their arguments are especially weak or because you are especially bright, you will still not be able to convince them. To convince someone who is deeply entrenched in their position, you need to do far more than to just defeat their logic, you need to empathise with them. You need to understand why they believe what they do, which hardships drove them in this direction. And this is simply impossible if the only prior contact you had with this ideology is the press telling you why it’s evil.<br /><br />So if you want people to find back to a liberal democracy, censoring them is the worst thing you can do<br />",
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"content": "#FreeSpeech \n\nA Poles guide to politics #6: \"Why free speech for the worst people is especially important\"\n\nWhenever you argue for freedom of speech, someone will tell you, that some opinions are so evil, that it should be forbidden to even speak about them. And many people will find it hard to argue for the right to express these opinions.\n\nSo let me tell you why freedom of speech for these opinions is especially important:\n\n1) Censoring them will only strengthen their radical beliefs.\nRadicalism often (not always) comes from a feeling of oppression. Censoring them would be an actual act of oppression. And that would only confirm the radicals’ belief that they’re being oppressed, in turn further legitimizing their other beliefs. \n\n2) By censoring them you are writing their propaganda\nA message or belief that is held by a group is impossible to fully suppress, as to censor something or someone it first needs to be discovered, and when this post is deleted or that channel is blocked, the same person or someone else can simply post it again anonymously. While it is harder to acquire followers/subscribers that way, these messages will still reach the public. And when they reach the public they hit even harder, because you can make every argument stronger by telling people that you’re being censored. “If I’m wrong, then why can’t people prove me wrong, need to shut me down instead?” “What I’m saying is dangerous to the establishment, why else would they need to shut me down”\n\n3) If you actually manage to fully censor them, it will make it close to impossible to de-radicalise them\nIt’s basically Sun-Tzu “Know your enemy”. Censoring them will not make them go away, they will just go underground, which will give them the advantage, that they know us, but we barely know them. Without knowing the opponents arguments(not strawmen) in advance one can not hope to win a discussion if it occurs. And even if you manage to defeat them on a logical level, be it because their arguments are especially weak or because you are especially bright, you will still not be able to convince them. To convince someone who is deeply entrenched in their position, you need to do far more than to just defeat their logic, you need to empathise with them. You need to understand why they believe what they do, which hardships drove them in this direction. And this is simply impossible if the only prior contact you had with this ideology is the press telling you why it’s evil.\n\nSo if you want people to find back to a liberal democracy, censoring them is the worst thing you can do\n",
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"content": "Here is a wacky idea:<br />If we are not allowed to criticize Mohammed because he is a religious figure, does this mean, that, if we claim to believe, that Trump is our god emperor, would that make criticizing Trump a hate-crime?",
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"content": "Here is a wacky idea:\nIf we are not allowed to criticize Mohammed because he is a religious figure, does this mean, that, if we claim to believe, that Trump is our god emperor, would that make criticizing Trump a hate-crime?",
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"content": "A White House petition to list AntiFa as a terrorist group passed 250'000 signatures.<br />Do you think Donald Trump will react to it?<br />Will listing AntiFa as terrorists do more good than bad?<br />",
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"content": "A White House petition to list AntiFa as a terrorist group passed 250'000 signatures.\nDo you think Donald Trump will react to it?\nWill listing AntiFa as terrorists do more good than bad?\n",
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"content": "A Poles guide to politics #5: \"The German constitution is a joke\"<br /><br />Disclaimer: there are people questioning the validity of the German constitution as a legal document for various reasons, this is NOT about that. This post deals with the actual contents of the \"Grundgesetz\" (constitution, literally: basic/fundamental law)<br /><br />I've recently talked about the \"Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz\". A law that forces social media to political censorship under the threat of heavy financial repercussions. In any civilized country you could go to the supreme court and have this law declared unconstitutional, but not in Germany as this law completely complies with the \"Grundgesetz\". Here's article 5 of the German constitution:<br /><br />\"(1) Everyone has the right to voice and spread their opinions, be it in the shape of speech writing or image. Everybody has the right to inform themselves unhindered from generally accessible sources. The freedom of the press and freedom of reporting through broadcast and film are being upheld. There is no censorship.<br /> (2) Those rights find their limits in the prescriptions of the general laws, the regulations for the protection of youth, and the right to personal honor.<br /> (3) Art and science, research and teaching are free. The freedom of teaching does not relieve you from the loyalty to the constitution\"<br /><br />or to sum it up more fittingly:<br /><br />\"(1) You have freedom of speech and freedom of the press. No censorship.<br /> (2) Just Kidding!\"<br /><br />And this is just one example of the utter uselessness of our constitution.",
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"content": "A Poles guide to politics #5: \"The German constitution is a joke\"\n\nDisclaimer: there are people questioning the validity of the German constitution as a legal document for various reasons, this is NOT about that. This post deals with the actual contents of the \"Grundgesetz\" (constitution, literally: basic/fundamental law)\n\nI've recently talked about the \"Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz\". A law that forces social media to political censorship under the threat of heavy financial repercussions. In any civilized country you could go to the supreme court and have this law declared unconstitutional, but not in Germany as this law completely complies with the \"Grundgesetz\". Here's article 5 of the German constitution:\n\n\"(1) Everyone has the right to voice and spread their opinions, be it in the shape of speech writing or image. Everybody has the right to inform themselves unhindered from generally accessible sources. The freedom of the press and freedom of reporting through broadcast and film are being upheld. There is no censorship.\n (2) Those rights find their limits in the prescriptions of the general laws, the regulations for the protection of youth, and the right to personal honor.\n (3) Art and science, research and teaching are free. The freedom of teaching does not relieve you from the loyalty to the constitution\"\n\nor to sum it up more fittingly:\n\n\"(1) You have freedom of speech and freedom of the press. No censorship.\n (2) Just Kidding!\"\n\nAnd this is just one example of the utter uselessness of our constitution.",
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"content": "This law has been passed last week. And there are no protests or demonstrations, as most people don't even know of its existence. It wasn't even mentioned on the news, as on the same day there were also \"more important\" laws passed like the legalization of same sex marriage and new prostitution regulations. I see this law as especially problematic, as it does not only require social media providers to delete politically incorrect posts, but also motivates them to delete posts that MIGHT BE PERCEIVED as politically incorrect",
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"content": "This law has been passed last week. And there are no protests or demonstrations, as most people don't even know of its existence. It wasn't even mentioned on the news, as on the same day there were also \"more important\" laws passed like the legalization of same sex marriage and new prostitution regulations. I see this law as especially problematic, as it does not only require social media providers to delete politically incorrect posts, but also motivates them to delete posts that MIGHT BE PERCEIVED as politically incorrect",
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"content": "Do you think, if this law passes through Congress, Trump will veto it? ",
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"content": "I have the feeling, that MINDS has reached it's peak and is now dying down. I'm subscribed to 13 people and I see only one new post per day. I think this is really sad, as MINDS had potential for greatness",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=politics\" title=\"#politics\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#politics</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=Poland\" title=\"#Poland\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#Poland</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=Germany\" title=\"#Germany\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#Germany</a><br />This is another personal story about the political situation in Germany.<br />I'm on the train to work, when suddenly a black guy approaches me. He looks friendly, I thought he might ask where this train is going or some small talk, but no! \"Are you Polish?\" I don't look Polish at all, so slightly confused I answer \"How did you guess?\", \"You people are doing some bad shit\", \"What?\", \"There will be consequences\" Then he takes the seat behind me and says \"Fucking Pole! luckily there will soon be a lot less Poles around here!\" And then he continues to mutter things like \"Hitler did nothing wrong gassing the Poles\" for a few minutes. In all the years I've lived in Germany I've never been harassed for being Polish (although I have been harassed for being German). So why did it start now? Where do those anti-Polish resentments come from? I think, from the mainstream media. Whenever Poland is mentioned in German state-TV it's always made out to be this evil dictatorship, the third most despicable country after Trumps USA and Putins Russia. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the current Polish government, and they're doing a lot wrong, but the MSM almost never criticizes those flaws, they only focus on the \"fascist xenophobia\".",
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"content": "#politics #Poland #Germany\nThis is another personal story about the political situation in Germany.\nI'm on the train to work, when suddenly a black guy approaches me. He looks friendly, I thought he might ask where this train is going or some small talk, but no! \"Are you Polish?\" I don't look Polish at all, so slightly confused I answer \"How did you guess?\", \"You people are doing some bad shit\", \"What?\", \"There will be consequences\" Then he takes the seat behind me and says \"Fucking Pole! luckily there will soon be a lot less Poles around here!\" And then he continues to mutter things like \"Hitler did nothing wrong gassing the Poles\" for a few minutes. In all the years I've lived in Germany I've never been harassed for being Polish (although I have been harassed for being German). So why did it start now? Where do those anti-Polish resentments come from? I think, from the mainstream media. Whenever Poland is mentioned in German state-TV it's always made out to be this evil dictatorship, the third most despicable country after Trumps USA and Putins Russia. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the current Polish government, and they're doing a lot wrong, but the MSM almost never criticizes those flaws, they only focus on the \"fascist xenophobia\".",
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"content": "A Poles guide to politics #4: \"Israel VS Palestine\"<br /><br />The Israel VS Palestine conflict is one of those conflicts where both parties breached international law and human rights. Both parties have committed atrocities against each other and have killed innocents. So in a conflict like this, how do you judge who is the good guy? The lazy answer would be \"there are no good guys in conflicts like these\" and this can be seen as true, so let me rephrase that question: Who would you want to win? To answer this question you need to ask yourself another question: what would happen if either side wins? <br /><br />Israel wins: While it's always hard to make hypothetical statements like these, I think it's safe to assume, that the most extreme scenario would be: Israel annexes all the Palestinian territories and expels all the Arabs living there. The Arabs who already have Israeli citizenship would most likely be allowed to keep said citizenship. The expelled Arabs would suffer a loss of all their immobile property and would have to seek refuge/immigrate to either one of the surrounding states or to Europe. The state of Israel would be safer and its citizens would enjoy more safety than before and the same freedoms of a western capitalist \"democracy\".<br /><br />Palestine wins: Palestine would most likely become an Islamic state like Saudi Arabia or ISIS. Even if the new Palestinian state does not expel all Israelis by law, they'd still need to flee, as most Israelis are either Jews or atheists, and neither Judaism, nor atheism are beliefs which are tolerated in Islamic states. But the Jews would have nowhere to go, as all the surrounding countries are Islamic countries, and they can't go to Europe either. The Jews are already fleeing from Europe, as antisemitic hate-crime is on the rise. (in Germany 90% of antisemitic hate-crime is committed by Muslims.) And America is slowly following in the footsteps of Europe. Another group that would suffer incredibly under a Palestinian victory would be the LGBT and women, as in the Palestinian territories there is already de-facto shariah law enforced by lynch-mobs (Including the death penalty for homosexuality, and various severe punishments for being a free woman) and this definitely won't get better under full Palestinian rule. And of course the average citizen would suffer as together with the Israelis all the money that is keeping the economy alive would leave the region.",
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"content": "A Poles guide to politics #4: \"Israel VS Palestine\"\n\nThe Israel VS Palestine conflict is one of those conflicts where both parties breached international law and human rights. Both parties have committed atrocities against each other and have killed innocents. So in a conflict like this, how do you judge who is the good guy? The lazy answer would be \"there are no good guys in conflicts like these\" and this can be seen as true, so let me rephrase that question: Who would you want to win? To answer this question you need to ask yourself another question: what would happen if either side wins? \n\nIsrael wins: While it's always hard to make hypothetical statements like these, I think it's safe to assume, that the most extreme scenario would be: Israel annexes all the Palestinian territories and expels all the Arabs living there. The Arabs who already have Israeli citizenship would most likely be allowed to keep said citizenship. The expelled Arabs would suffer a loss of all their immobile property and would have to seek refuge/immigrate to either one of the surrounding states or to Europe. The state of Israel would be safer and its citizens would enjoy more safety than before and the same freedoms of a western capitalist \"democracy\".\n\nPalestine wins: Palestine would most likely become an Islamic state like Saudi Arabia or ISIS. Even if the new Palestinian state does not expel all Israelis by law, they'd still need to flee, as most Israelis are either Jews or atheists, and neither Judaism, nor atheism are beliefs which are tolerated in Islamic states. But the Jews would have nowhere to go, as all the surrounding countries are Islamic countries, and they can't go to Europe either. The Jews are already fleeing from Europe, as antisemitic hate-crime is on the rise. (in Germany 90% of antisemitic hate-crime is committed by Muslims.) And America is slowly following in the footsteps of Europe. Another group that would suffer incredibly under a Palestinian victory would be the LGBT and women, as in the Palestinian territories there is already de-facto shariah law enforced by lynch-mobs (Including the death penalty for homosexuality, and various severe punishments for being a free woman) and this definitely won't get better under full Palestinian rule. And of course the average citizen would suffer as together with the Israelis all the money that is keeping the economy alive would leave the region.",
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"content": "A Poles guide to politics #3: \"Kurdistan\"<br /><br />For anyone unfamiliar with the issue: the Kurds are an ethnic group who were once part of the Ottoman empire \"their\" territory is in the region, where Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria meet. In Turkey and Iran they are an oppressed minority. In Iraq they have an autonomous region. In Syria and Iraq they're fighting against Isis. <br />Do I think, the Kurds should get their own state? It really depends how it's done. The autonomous region Kurdistan in Iraq is closely resembles a western democracy. It's actually quite progressive, having quotas for women and minorities in Parliament. So the ideal solution would be that the autonomous region Kurdistan in Iraq would gain full independence, and would then through some kind of deal acquire the remaining Kurdish territories. This could lead to a relatively stable democratic state in the region, which would help fight Isis. The worst possible solution would be: the PKK in Turkey or their Iranian equivalent would stage a violent uprising and thereby separate themselves from Turkey/Iran. Not only do violent uprisings cause lots of suffering, especially in the civilian population, and usually lead to tyranny, but also are the PKK and their Iranian equivalent communists, which means that life under their rule would be just as bad as the life as an oppressed minority. This would also cause a long war between the new Kurdistan and Turkey/Iran.<br />",
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