Comment by adekok
9 years ago
> violence is their core value.
There are many groups which are accused of having violence as their core value.
e.g. The Nazi attacks on the Jews, who were alleged to be dedicated to the destruction of the Aryan race. That allegation was used as justification for "self defense", and attacking all Jewish people.
I understand where you're coming from, but we've seen what happens when people start picking and choosing which speech is allowed, and which is forbidden. The end result is the violence and genocide that they claim to hate.
Really? You're now saying people who oppose literal, self-proclaimed, Nazis, are just like Nazis. That takes incredible mental acrobatics.
What takes incredible mental acrobatics is the ability to read what I said, and not understand simple English.
You apparently believe that it's OK to suppress the speech of "bad people". My point is that such suppression is, in fact, similar to all oppressive regimes.
The reason the Nazis were bad is not just the genocide they committed, but the reasons behind the genocide. The idea that we can "get" the bad people has been used to justify all kinds of atrocities, world-wide.
Anyone who honestly opposes the "bad people" like Nazies should denounce their tactics. All of their tactics. Not just the violence, but the underlying idea that there are "bad people", who deserve all possible punishment, no matter how nasty or evil.
OK, so we're re-litigating the paradox of tolerance. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance)
Let's figure out where the line is for you.
Do you believe Al Qaeda should be able to obtain permits and police protection to hold rallies across the country to recruit people to their cause?
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