Obvious as it may sound, people with authoritarian beliefs hiding behind free speech actually consider it as a weakness akin empathy. It allows losers like them to amplify their reach despite not being in power. They abandon their “free speech absolutist” postures the moment they think they are in power.

    • @uienia
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      38 hours ago

      No tolerance for the intolerant in a tolerant society. It has been thought about a lot.

      • @[email protected]
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        Agreed, but that wasn’t what the other comment demanded. If we treat other people like Nazis treat their victims, you are a Nazi yourself.

        That Nazis do not get the benefit of the doubt or a public soapbox or platform is something I agree with and hopefully what the other commentator meant instead of executions and ovens. But it is important to not dehumanise Nazis and not stoop to their level. They are all too human, that is the problem.

    • @[email protected]
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      312 hours ago

      Read the same story the other day. They missed Hitler’s escalation believing he will never lie to such a point, until he did and then it was too late.

      If someone has a dictatorship as a goal, you can’t just fight under the democratic rules, especially if your system is not bullet proof.

      I’m not saying “grab a gun”, I’m saying there’s not much time to act. Anyway, this gives me some hope:

      https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

    • comfy
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      True. We should instead just use one bullet for each and be done with them, no point in copying their atrocities.