Re: boycotting Chick-Fil-A is authoritarian and evil

> From: Brett Smith <[email protected]>
>
> Much like a pacifist who eschews self-defense even against those who
> would do her harm, you're advocating a sort of speech pacifism: that we
> should counter this speech with our own, but go no farther, lest we give
> up on our ideal.  Even more than that; here is a person who has clearly

Here's another analogy: a free-trader eschews banning imports even
from countries that ban imports from us. Such a ban can be expected to
harm everyone *including* us. Is speech more like violence or like
trade? Organized retaliation for speech both presupposes and promotes
the former model.

(I don't know anything about Chick-Fil-A and don't want to.)

Darius
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