Some of my readers are apparently wondering how deeply I hate, loathe, and despise Vox Day, on the grounds that I sharply disagree with one idea he has.
If I understand his position, he believes race defines culture. I believe religion defines culture. Hence our view of human nature is different, hence the priorities we place on different political policies also differ.
This question of how much to hate a man who holds a different opinion on public issues is a Leftist question, since Leftist dogma states (1) no honest disagreement is ever possible between two men; (2) all disagreements, no matter how mild, are the sign and the effect of irremovable and profound hatred; (3) only profound hatred causes disagreement.
It is on these grounds that Leftist routinely characterize any lack of total and unthinking loyalty to their ideas as “hate speech” hence as an excuse for rioting (c.f. Milo at Berkeley).
As with all their dogmas, merely to state them in clear terms shows them to refute themselves.
(If to disagree with hate-speech laws is itself hate speech, by the same token so is support for such laws, or support for any proposition whatsoever, as it must disagree with someone, somewhere.)
The concept that gentlemen never have honest disagreements is risible.
Yes, there are points were my public statements disagree with the public statements of Vox Day. He is the Darkest of Dark Lords. I am the most severe of the Grand Inquisitors. We agree on most things. Who expects we should agree on all?
Perfect uniformity of thought is neither desirable nor possible, except among the most debased imaginable population of cringing helots, fearful of the scowl of Big Brother.
I confine my remark to helots, to state-owned slaves, because personal slaves, such as those the Romans used to instruct young scholars, were given more liberty to speak and contradict their masters than political correctness allows.
In any case, I wanted to take the opportunity to calm frazzled nerves, and to emphasize in how few matters Vox Day and I disagree.
First, we both voted for Chuck Tingle for a Hugo Award. Love is real!
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