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Leonard
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Re: David Irving sentenced
Feb 22, 2006, 13:17
This free speech is okay for nazis argument has always bugged the fuck out of me. No it isn't, they shouldn't have free speech. Protecting the right of free speech to someone who wants to take that right away is hypocritical at best and really fucking stupid at worst.

I'm not a fan of censorship, and most censorship is wrong, however I think its a good thing that society occasionally learns from it's mistakes. Fascism was a mistake, the censorship of their ideas is a reaction to that mistake. A good thing really.

The way the far right has, historically, gained power is through the legitimisation of their arguments. This is done by the established parties in power delivering far right rhetoric/policies (for example the recent anti immigration posturing, end result being then BNP gaining more of a following), and the liberal intellectual navel gazing end of the left defending their right to free speech.

No society cannot afford to tolerate intolerance, whats so confusing ?
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