I would not independently bring up the comparison, but the inverse of this comparison is closer to the truth, because it’s the “let people say d**b” crowd that are opposing censorship.* I would absolutely not draw a moral equivalence between Third Way and you all (a courtesy you aren’t giving your “comrades” here), but in terms of basic structure there is only one way this comparison can go, so it’s probably better to set it aside because it’s not productive.
*I’m not some shitlib who thinks censorship is the evil of all evils, it’s just objectively what is being discussed here regardless of which side is correct.
In real life, people in the west are primed to be smugly anti- pc/woke/dei what have you by a larger system. It isn’t a reaction that comes naturally from within them.
To be “censored” in any meaningful or impactful sense you have to have been saying some novel thing in the first place.
I’m really not. You can point to the actual root of the reactionary thought rather than relying on “dumb” and the like, which is at best a stand-in for that, and at worst ableism. This can only improve the communication of your point, if you actually have one.
Whereas the Third Way blacklist is seeking to remove any discussion of or reference to systems of oppression.
As I said, your accusation was senseless and absurdly accusatory, because your description of Third Way there (which is accurate) has nothing to do with people complaining about the word being banned, even if they are wrong for exactly the reason that you describe, because those two things are not remotely the same.
I would not independently bring up the comparison, but the inverse of this comparison is closer to the truth, because it’s the “let people say d**b” crowd that are opposing censorship.* I would absolutely not draw a moral equivalence between Third Way and you all (a courtesy you aren’t giving your “comrades” here), but in terms of basic structure there is only one way this comparison can go, so it’s probably better to set it aside because it’s not productive.
*I’m not some shitlib who thinks censorship is the evil of all evils, it’s just objectively what is being discussed here regardless of which side is correct.
In real life, people in the west are primed to be smugly anti- pc/woke/dei what have you by a larger system. It isn’t a reaction that comes naturally from within them.
To be “censored” in any meaningful or impactful sense you have to have been saying some novel thing in the first place.
You’re just playing with words in a meaningless way to avoid that your comparison was senseless and absurdly accusatory.
I’m really not. You can point to the actual root of the reactionary thought rather than relying on “dumb” and the like, which is at best a stand-in for that, and at worst ableism. This can only improve the communication of your point, if you actually have one.
Whereas the Third Way blacklist is seeking to remove any discussion of or reference to systems of oppression.
As I said, your accusation was senseless and absurdly accusatory, because your description of Third Way there (which is accurate) has nothing to do with people complaining about the word being banned, even if they are wrong for exactly the reason that you describe, because those two things are not remotely the same.