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They would not be standing for the Daily Stormer, they would be standing for Free Speech. The concept that allowed the struggles from minorities to be heard in
by Majestic121 9y ago
They would not be standing for the Daily Stormer, they would be standing for Free Speech.
The concept that allowed the struggles from minorities to be heard in the first place, and therefore to improve things tremendously for gay and black people.
We can see that this is not a given, for example Russia is starting to crack down on 'pro-gay' speech : http://thegroundtruthproject.org/russias-assault-on-gay-free-speech/ http://thegroundtruthproject.org/russias-assault-on-gay-free...
But defending free speech is sometimes hard, because it also means letting people you disagree with speak freely even if it obvious to you they're spewing bullshit. You can't force them to stop, legally or otherwise, but you can expose their bullshit for what it is.
It is much harder to actually argue with someone (or 100 of people), especially when they're unreasonable/stupid, than to shut them down. However, the alternative is to have some kind of moral police to decide what is allowed or not, and force the literally unquestionable selected truth on everyone, which is much more dangerous overall in my opinion (see what could be done with Trump and climate change, or Putin with gay people).