Comment by SwellJoe
9 years ago
Really? You're now saying people who oppose literal, self-proclaimed, Nazis, are just like Nazis. That takes incredible mental acrobatics.
9 years ago
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?
Since we're doing stupid questions:
Do believe that free speech should be suppressed, simply because you don't like the people? Or you don't like the topic of their speech?
a) yes - you don't believe in free speech
b) no - you do believe in free speech
I live in Canada, which had the concept of "hate speech", that you apparently are in agreement with. It got repealed because it was stupid, abusive, and being abused.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada
So you can deny history, as you seem intent on doing, or you can learn from history.
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