People defending this decision or blaming the individual mod is wild. Gabe is famously libertarian and known to encourage moderation (or rather lack thereof) in line with his libertarian worldview on Steam. This is unfortunately very much on brand for the platform and Gabe himself.
There are differences between the political stances of Libertarianism and Islam. And while those two realms of religious/social beliefs are somewhat incompatible, outright hate speech is not generally acceptable on the platform.
In this particular case, the mod should be removed.
They are not any less compatible than any other religion and liberty.
Every religion has been through phases of being more or less open to interpretation. Right now islam is undergoing reformation, which is always kind of a bloody affair, just look at the start of protestantism.
But that does mean that a whole large group of Muslims is starting to realise you can believe in god without listening to the silly parts of the texts (like what to eat) same as when Christians started allowing their people to eat pig and shrimps.
Don’t just lump these people in one big group together. Religion is one thing, politics another. I grew up around Muslims in a Nordic country, and none of them are any more religious than my grandparents were Christians (that is, exactly enough to be able to claim that they are)
“a Muslim cannot be a philosophically consistent, “doctrinaire” libertarian without abandoning core tenets of their faith.”
It goes a long way beyond conceptually non-orthodox.
I’ve worked with Muslims for ages, looked into the religion to understand them better and I’ve worked with Libretarians and dug into that because they have a LOT to unpack.
I’d say on the whole, the Muslims have a lot stronger grasp on their religion than the Libertarians have on their core tenets.
Now that this is out of the way, would you care to comment on my point that Libertarians don’t notably support hate speech as a core tenet? Because that’s the majority of my point.
People defending this decision or blaming the individual mod is wild. Gabe is famously libertarian and known to encourage moderation (or rather lack thereof) in line with his libertarian worldview on Steam. This is unfortunately very much on brand for the platform and Gabe himself.
There are differences between the political stances of Libertarianism and Islam. And while those two realms of religious/social beliefs are somewhat incompatible, outright hate speech is not generally acceptable on the platform.
In this particular case, the mod should be removed.
This has been on Steam for almost 4 years. Valve doesn’t give a fuck. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1853200/TYRONE_vs_COPS/
They are not any less compatible than any other religion and liberty.
Every religion has been through phases of being more or less open to interpretation. Right now islam is undergoing reformation, which is always kind of a bloody affair, just look at the start of protestantism.
But that does mean that a whole large group of Muslims is starting to realise you can believe in god without listening to the silly parts of the texts (like what to eat) same as when Christians started allowing their people to eat pig and shrimps.
Don’t just lump these people in one big group together. Religion is one thing, politics another. I grew up around Muslims in a Nordic country, and none of them are any more religious than my grandparents were Christians (that is, exactly enough to be able to claim that they are)
That’s arguable. There are some parts that align well and some core parts that the religion specifically forbids that Libretarianism demands. This is a decent reference https://eathealthy365.com/libertarianism-and-islam-a-comprehensive-compatibility-guide/
“a Muslim cannot be a philosophically consistent, “doctrinaire” libertarian without abandoning core tenets of their faith.”
It goes a long way beyond conceptually non-orthodox.
I’ve worked with Muslims for ages, looked into the religion to understand them better and I’ve worked with Libretarians and dug into that because they have a LOT to unpack.
I’d say on the whole, the Muslims have a lot stronger grasp on their religion than the Libertarians have on their core tenets.
Now that this is out of the way, would you care to comment on my point that Libertarians don’t notably support hate speech as a core tenet? Because that’s the majority of my point.