A Uyghur separatist group that helped to topple the government of Bashar al Assad has declared its intention to return to Xinjiang in order to conduct military operations against the People’s Republic of China. The announcement suggests that Washington and its allies are preparing to open another front in a war that has already plunged large parts […]
And before OP says something like he’s just here to debate. No. Debates occur in good faith. Propaganda does not need to be “debated.” It needs to be silenced, shut down, and deplatformed.
This idea that we should engage with lies and distortions as though they are equal positions to be “discussed” or “debated” is part of the problem, not the solution. We’re wasting time trying to dissect and disprove fabricated nonsense when the truth is that propaganda is inherently malicious. It’s not about free speech or diversity of thought—it’s about manipulation, control, and the deliberate spread of falsehoods to push an agenda.
To even allow debate would poison the very spirit of free speech. Every time we try to “debate” fascists, bigots and propagandists we allow it to exist on some level, giving it the oxygen to spread further. Bigotry isn’t a legitimate point of view—it’s a weapon designed to confuse, mislead, and divide people for the benefit of oporessoes. The moment we try to reason with it, we’re legitimizing it, giving it space to grow and infect minds.
Unz.com is a right wing hate site. Why is it allowed here?
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-unz-report/
https://www.adl.org/resources/news/ron-unz-controversial-writer-and-funder-anti-israel-activists
The owner effetively tried to support a lawsuit to re-segregate Harvard
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/6/23/affirmative-action-lawsuit-holocaust-denier/
And before OP says something like he’s just here to debate. No. Debates occur in good faith. Propaganda does not need to be “debated.” It needs to be silenced, shut down, and deplatformed.
This idea that we should engage with lies and distortions as though they are equal positions to be “discussed” or “debated” is part of the problem, not the solution. We’re wasting time trying to dissect and disprove fabricated nonsense when the truth is that propaganda is inherently malicious. It’s not about free speech or diversity of thought—it’s about manipulation, control, and the deliberate spread of falsehoods to push an agenda.
To even allow debate would poison the very spirit of free speech. Every time we try to “debate” fascists, bigots and propagandists we allow it to exist on some level, giving it the oxygen to spread further. Bigotry isn’t a legitimate point of view—it’s a weapon designed to confuse, mislead, and divide people for the benefit of oporessoes. The moment we try to reason with it, we’re legitimizing it, giving it space to grow and infect minds.