If you are incapable of debunking their arguments instead of needing to silence them, maybe you should rethink your priorities.
If your first thought to "fascism is back in America" is "we shouldn't deny them a platform", you need to rethink your priorities.
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The Nazis had a lot of time for their rivals, didn't they? They were keen to hear them out, weren't they?
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Its amusing to read about Liberals defending America attacking oppressive regimes, but refusing to tackle oppressive movements in America
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Maybe we shouldn't deny them a platform because that would certainly escalate to violence. What are your priorities?
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To be clear, as much as I despise the fascists and everything they represent I refuse to respond to speech with violence on principle.
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But the marketplace of ideas! Free speech in a vacuum is sacrosanct!
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This is a continuation of historic racial attitudes in the USA. That is, a very *long term* problem.
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That implies that to be A REAL NAZI you have to somehow be superior or something, and that's, you know...
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It's in there. Especially old testament. But that's beside the point, an idea not being debatable has no bearing on your right to express it
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As you say, actually implementing their ideas would be horrific. But it's the implementation we have to fight, not the expression.
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