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I guess the question would be whether banning opposition is the best way to quell opposition. One of the core tenets of democracy is that the people get a choi
by gameman144 3y ago
I guess the question would be whether banning opposition is the best way to quell opposition.
One of the core tenets of democracy is that the people get a choice in their government. If the current government is able to rip that choice away if it's unpalatable, then that's anti-democratic in and of itself.
- jmye 3y agoThe people also chose the government doing the banning. I don’t find this reasoning holds any water. If we all vote to ban the party some dude started to advocate for killing all left-handed people, we’re not being anti-democratic - we’re being serious people. If you think this party poses no threat, then that’s a real argument. “But it’s not fair that I can’t vote for the cannibals/Nazis/anti-democracy advocates” is unequivocally not (and it’s not more so just because you don’t think they’re actually Nazis or whatever).
- gameman144 3y agoThere is a difference between allowing a party and allowing an act. If a party says "drugs should be legal", it doesn't mean that drug dealers are legal today. Outlawing an action is fine. Outlawing a party who says the action should be okay is anti-democratic.