There is a foot off the gas group polarisation thing going on here with race right now that isn't particularly helpful to anyone, so I can perfectly understand why some people of other races wouldn't feel all that welcome here.

With that said, online communication lacks nuance. Many online conversations wouldn't even work face to face because there is more emphasis on getting along and finding common ground in person even if it's the exact same people involved and topic of conversation. Also, at a game you're dealing with a wider pool of people and demographics and we're dare I say it, all on the same side.

The site kind of looks like people can post what they feel like. The ethos sounds commendable

"As the world becomes increasingly polarised, we create spaces online and offline for folks who don’t see eye to eye to engage critically. We help millennials leave echo chambers. The future of our democracy depends on it. Join the common sense revolution now. "

Good article from your mate too. Echo chambers and deplatforming and all that nonsense are definitely a problem in some universities. If you remove peoples right to be heard, they will just all gather elsewhere anyway in more segregated and extreme forms.

Bang on the money.
Check out dinesh dzousa and ben shapiro on you tube.
Exactly what they have and are saying about unis in the USA.
Kids walking out because they dont like the topic.
There is going to be a massive amount of kids leaving uni that are goner get smacked hard with reality soon.
Maybe only then will they advise the next group to actually understand you are allowed a different opinion.

Very good piece.

You’ll love this one. UCLAN university suspends social work studies student for his opinions on Halal meat and immigrants receiving free health care. Not even a discussion on it it seems. And unsurprisingly it isn’t reported in theft wing press.

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I don't believe this issue has anything to do with left or right politics and those who claim it does are either misunderstanding it or being disingenuous.

Freedom of speech is important to everyone, whatever their political views. It is a precious right which needs to be defended by us all.

However, along with our rights come responsibilities. Total freedom to say and do what ever you like does not exist in a democracy, where obeying the law and ensuring order exists. Only if you are an anarchist can you argue for total freedom.

You can argue that the laws are too restrictive but you cannot ignore the laws in the meantime without risking punishment.

So if you believe any organisation, or individual, has unlawfully attempted to restrict your freedom of speech then argue your case to have it restored.

However, if you have unlawfully said or done things then the responsibility lies with you.

Hate speech is unlawful. You might not like that fact, but it is. Defining it is sometimes tricky but that doesn't mean it isn't a fact.

As this applies to everyone their politics have nothing to do with it. I would defend your right to say whatever you like, provided it stays lawful, and is done in a public space.

Individual organisations and forums can decide for themselves what their content is and allow whatever they like, so long as it doesn't fall foul of the law. They can though restrict things if they don't fit their ethos. That is their right. No-one has a right to force their way into a private space.

I have myself been banned from many right wing leaning forums for posting completely legal views which were at odds with those held by the bulk of the membership and I am myself, despite the opinion of many here, not of the left.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.