Nazism has been defeated on the level of ideas. 'Nazi' & 'Hitler' are common metaphors for evil.
I just co-wrote a manifesto arguing this. Banning ideas cant marginalise as well as addressing them.
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Banning is essentially making ppl pretend a problem doesn't exist. Crap way of fixing it.
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You don't need to give a serial killer a platform at a university to explain why serial killers are wrong.
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They don't have an ideology. They don't make arguments that convince ppl & so need rebutting
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Replace the words serial killer with Nazi. The argument is identical.
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No, its not. Nazism is an ideology, whose ideas need to be understood & countered
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They don't care about how you counter it. They are motivated by resentment, fear, hatred, entitlement, and machismo.
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How do you think fascism went from popular & respectable to abhorred & condemned?On an intellectual level
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We fought a war where we decimated their power base and our government spread a prolific amount of anti-Nazi propaganda.
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