Comment by ubernostrum
9 years ago
I fear a non-violent Nazi about as much as I fear a toothless wolf.
Once you tolerate the "non-violent" Nazi, the violent ones won't be far behind. Nazism has proven that it cannot be tolerated, period. Not a little bit here and there. Not for a short time while we try to reason with them. Not anywhere, not ever, not in any way. If an amendment to the US Constitution came up to exempt Nazis from first-amendment protection I'd be for it in a heartbeat, because there is no longer any need to be hemming and hawing and talking about how on principle we need to let them have their little march and their website and... no. There is no such thing as a "safe" amount of Nazism.
>Once you tolerate the "non-violent" Nazi, the violent ones won't be far behind.
Alright so...where are they? We've let them preach for 75 years after the war, and we're not exactly being overrun with Nazi murderers.
>Nazism has proven that it cannot be tolerated, period.
Nazism has proven it is a self-defeating ideology. There is no serious threat of it becoming a mainstream force anymore.
>If an amendment to the US Constitution came up to exempt Nazis from first-amendment protection I'd be for it in a heartbeat, because there is no longer any need to be hemming and hawing and talking about how on principle we need to let them have their little march and their website and... no.
Remember those times you denounced the NSA or TSA sacrificing our rights in the name of 'security'? I do, I've been reading your post history.
Yet here you are. Does the hypocrisy not sting you, even a little?
> There is no such thing as a "safe" amount of Nazism.
Yes, yes, you really, really like to virtue signal. I get it.