I’m tired of seeing this summarized as “a statue.” This isn’t just some random statue, it’s a memorial to a white supremacist slaver that led an open rebellion against the US and murdered thousands of Americans to preserve the right to dehumanize and enslave black people.

Nazis and supporters of the Southern Confederate States get no rights.

It’s Gizmodo. What can you expect from them? They’re still arguing about whether or not that Google memo was ‘sexist’ or not.

I understand the instinct behind your question, but civil discourse and debate is for when there are two sides to an issue. It doesn’t work for wiping out a deadly disease, which is what white supremacy is.

No. They should be named and shamed. They should lose their jobs, their safety nets, their sense of moving through the world feeling safe. These anti-semitic, racist, Neo-Nazi, Klan Member shit stains on the underwear of society deserve to be outed for what they are. You don’t get to support causes like ethnic…

1) This isn’t a free speech issue. The government isn’t preventing them from speaking.

There was something my parents used to say, if you like sledding, you better like pulling the sled too. People were literally willing to DIE, put their lives on the line, to fight nazis. These fuckers can’t even deal with losing their jobs, with actually standing behind their beliefs with their real names and faces?…

I am a fan of how Germany handles neo-nazis or any use of articles or activities related to nazism- zero tolerance. Even Chinese and American tourists aren’t given a break, as headlines have indicated this week. Chinese tourists got arrested for giving a nazi salute for a photo opportunity and an American got the shit…

These people showed up to a white nationalist rally surrounded by cameras, recorded their own accounts, and allowed themselves to be photographed supporting this ideology. They’ve already done the outing. We’re just connecting some dots.

Well to be fair, if you are rallying in a public place (park, street, etc) with you face out it isn’t really doxxing. There is no expectation of privacy. Now, if these dudes were huddled in one of their mother’s basements and were having a meetin’ to talk about down with the brown and somehow someone got their…

I’m honestly not sure this should be categorized as “outing”, as these men voluntarily and proudly went out in public with uncovered faces to a white supremacist rally that they knew would draw many people with cameras that would photograph them. They weren’t hiding in their basements posting to secret internet…

Always helpful reading:

Seriously. Do I need to post this every day?

The government isn’t censoring their right to free speech—hell the government is condoning it. So free speech, check!

It would be funny if I wasn’t legit having that exact same conversation over on Gizmodo.

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Your right to privacy (this isn’t a free speech issue, numbnuts) ends when you parade your idiocy in public.

“Welcome to the Department of Justice!”

“Why were you fired from your last job?”