Imagine that twitter and all other social media platforms collectively banned all discussion about pineapple on pizza. You are not allowed to discuss it, or even suggest that it could be a pizza topping. The only acceptable response to anyone even hinting about it being a topping, or suggesting that it could taste good, is met with instant derision and contempt, then banned. You're instantly faced with a ton of articles written about you by people who have market incentives for other toppings to be chosen instead, calling you delusional and insane, and claiming that you clearly need medication if you think it could work or be tasty.
The problem is not that free speech about pineapples would make it tastier as a topping, or would particularly advance other causes. The problem is that it is a fact that it is a topping, and that there is no valid reason that you're not allowed to simply state the truth.
The problem is that it is a fact that it is a topping, and that there is no valid reason that you're not allowed to simply state the truth.
That's actually a pretty good analogy, and pretty much how I feel. It's not even about "the Jews" for me, it's that I resent they're treated so specially, and you can't even talk about it.
Here's a shitty analogy:
Imagine that twitter and all other social media platforms collectively banned all discussion about pineapple on pizza. You are not allowed to discuss it, or even suggest that it could be a pizza topping. The only acceptable response to anyone even hinting about it being a topping, or suggesting that it could taste good, is met with instant derision and contempt, then banned. You're instantly faced with a ton of articles written about you by people who have market incentives for other toppings to be chosen instead, calling you delusional and insane, and claiming that you clearly need medication if you think it could work or be tasty.
The problem is not that free speech about pineapples would make it tastier as a topping, or would particularly advance other causes. The problem is that it is a fact that it is a topping, and that there is no valid reason that you're not allowed to simply state the truth.
That's actually a pretty good analogy, and pretty much how I feel. It's not even about "the Jews" for me, it's that I resent they're treated so specially, and you can't even talk about it.