• whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe that you’re consistent on this position.

    I would be incredibly shocked if you had the same stance towards white supremacists, Nazis, or pedophiles that want to remove age of consent.

    If you do, then cheers. You’re practically a unicorn (in the sense that it’s extremely rare). I don’t disagree with that position as long as it’s consistant

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      1 year ago

      I disagree with what you say, but will defend to death your right to say it. If you don’t hear that often, find better friends.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a very naive view, and ignores the existence of legitimately harmful opinions that must be fought

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          1 year ago

          It comes down to methodology. Any way you can think of to fight something by actually opressively destroying it, in a free society, will fail. The reason for this is that it’s not something that can be fought with aggression, most of the time anyway. It has to be fought carefully, or your combat will simply fuel anything that feeds on strife and fear. Which conspiracies do, it’s exactly what they feed on.

          To make an analogy, it’s not Batman that Gotham needs. It’s lots of money, doctors and teachers. It doesn’t need violence, it doesn’t need evil people being punched in the face, it needs better medical treatment and fairer laws.