I’m still organizing and reading thoughts on this in general, but there’s one aspect I feel strongly about:
If someone meets BOTH of the following criteria:
Is a nurse, doctor, armed force of some kind, or otherwise closely responsible for the life and safety of others
Says something indicating they encourage the killing of people like Kirk, praise those who kill people like Kirk, or otherwise advocate for the death of people like Kirk
If someone meets both of those, I think it’s your moral obligation to report it, just as you would any malpractice or corruption.
The other question is how do you determine whether point 2 applies.
In many cases, it’s obvious. Something like “Good riddance, he had it coming” or “the world is a better place now” is an obvious checkmark.
Something like “I didn’t agree when he said empathy is a weakness, but he didn’t deserve this”, despite having an obvious lie or misinterpretation in the statement, does not check box 2.
But a lot of posts will fall in between. Use your judgement, and come at it from multiple angles like “if I replaced Kirk’s name with a leftist icon like George Floyd and saw someone say this on GAW, how would I feel?”
Or “how much do I fear this person would attempt to harm a loved one if under the care of this person, and this person knew my loved one was conservative?”
As for the rest, I think it’s a debate well worth having. Ultimately we need to make sure we’re not denying people a peaceful voice, driving the more reasonable of them further towards extremism, and we need to be aware of how it will affect the world we want for us and our loved ones.
I’m still organizing and reading thoughts on this in general, but there’s one aspect I feel strongly about:
If someone meets BOTH of the following criteria:
If someone meets both of those, I think it’s your moral obligation to report it, just as you would any malpractice or corruption.
The other question is how do you determine whether point 2 applies.
In many cases, it’s obvious. Something like “Good riddance, he had it coming” or “the world is a better place now” is an obvious checkmark.
Something like “I didn’t agree when he said empathy is a weakness, but he didn’t deserve this”, despite having an obvious lie or misinterpretation in the statement, does not check box 2.
But a lot of posts will fall in between. Use your judgement, and come at it from multiple angles like “if I replaced Kirk’s name with a leftist icon like George Floyd and saw someone say this on GAW, how would I feel?”
Or “how much do I fear this person would attempt to harm a loved one if under the care of this person, and this person knew my loved one was conservative?”
As for the rest, I think it’s a debate well worth having. Ultimately we need to make sure we’re not denying people a peaceful voice, driving the more reasonable of them further towards extremism, and we need to be aware of how it will affect the world we want for us and our loved ones.