The nazi bar parable doesn’t have a horseshoe theory (Which is a sectarian cant that misrepresents socialism as the clothes it wears and not the body inside) component because it’s specifically focused on the tolerance paradox. If someone comes into your bar that while otherwise comporting themselves in a civil manner yet it is crystal clear they hold aggressively contemptful and intolerent views you should kick them out regardless. Everyone else deserves at least a base level of respect.

What it doesn’t say is people advocating for tolerance of normal people are secret nazis. It doesn’t say that because one biker gang from Berlin came in with nazi tattoos you should ban everyone from Berlin because that is text book closed minded intolerance.

it’s beyond the pale!

This is all patent nonsense.

Private Eye

Not everyone’s cup of tea. Actually becoming aware of the amount of corruption and injustice in the UK can be accutely depressing.

Their online offering is a tiny fraction of what is covered in the hardcopy.

It makes sense.

Not everyone on .ml wants to eat your dog. Just as not everyone on .world is Trolleyman.

I’d say that the majority of people on the fediverse are capable of having a civil conversation on most topics. Some might have a handful issues that they dig their heels in over but can be civil if you comport yourself respectfully. And then there are a tiny minority of narcissistic zealot idiologues that try to maintain a narrow normative pressure on permissable opinions.

It’s a reasonable argument for giving you tools for tailoring your own feed but not for censoring entire groups out.

The hypocracy of people exaggerating the scale of the problems and piling-on about other instances in their manic drive to turn this place into an echo chamber is depressing.