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You don't put out a fire with gasoline. The way to diminish something is not to make it illegal or prohibited -- that didn't work for prohibition and it won't w
by aaronblohowiak 9y ago
You don't put out a fire with gasoline. The way to diminish something is not to make it illegal or prohibited -- that didn't work for prohibition and it won't work for nazism in America (which has been around for as long as nazis have existed.)
You're making an ends justify the means argument. While I agree that less Nazism in America is better, using a bad means (intolerance, violence) to get to that end is unjustifiable. Even if it were justifiable, it is ineffective and actually strengthens their cause.
Why do you you think the fascists try to speak at Berkeley and other leftist institutions? To incite "de-platformers" to violence which reafffirms their message of victim hood and "opression," which emboldens their supporters and furthers their cause.
See the stances of ACLU and SPLC for smarter people than I making similar arguments.