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You are right, free speech can be very dangerous. People use it to mobilize others to truly evil acts. But freedoms have always been dangerous. I think they ar
by thinkmilitant 10y ago
You are right, free speech can be very dangerous. People use it to mobilize others to truly evil acts.
But freedoms have always been dangerous. I think they are worth the risk.
- mschuster91 10y agoThe risk is mass murder. Nazis have murdered over 200 people in the last two decades alone in Germany. In Chechenya, only two days ago homophobes murdered at the very least three homosexual people, arrested over a hundred - and credible activists fear for much worse numbers. Fascist and reactionary ideologies always lead to death.
- thinkmassive 10y agomurder is already illegal
- jakebasile 10y agoHow many people are killed by the Islamic state? I don't think they have strong free speech protection there. Free speech and evil are not causal links.
- joemi 10y agoRestriction of free speech is a tool of fascist regimes. You don't fight fascism by becoming a fascist yourself.
- baobabKoodaa 10y agoA hammer is a tool of fascist regimes as well. Doesn't mean you become a fascist by using a hammer. (For what its's worth, I support free speech as well. I just don't support poor arguments.)
- komali2 10y agoGermany has the type of strict controls on free speech I think you're looking for (it's illegal to be a nazi, attend nazi rallies, etc), and yet they still have the hate crimes of which you speak. There's no evidence that type of control really does anything to help. EDIT: as always, am I being downvoted because I said something disagreeable, or because I said something wrong? If I am saying wrong things, please tell me so I don't continue to do so.
- nyolfen 10y ago> and yet they still have the hate crimes of which you speak. exactly. all you do is drive it underground, and nothing solidifies ingroup identity like persecution. with free expression you can at least tell who these people are.
- Sunset 10y agoWhole 200 people? Laughable, they need to step their game up. The US government has them beat by millions.