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Topic	What would be the downside of making racism, Nazism, etc. illegal?
TomNook20 09/18/17 11:22:57 AM #8:	Fecundity posted... but the First Amendment isn't an end unto itself, is it It is. Once you allow government the ability to determine what speech is or isn't acceptable, you no longer have freedom of speech. The first amendment is one thing that prevents us from ever having a government like China's, or Germany's or Russia's. Fecundity posted... If we were to go Europe's route and say, racist speech is now a misdemeanor offense, denying the Holocaust is now a misdemeanor offense, violent Nazi protests like Charlottesville are now felonies, what would actually be the downside? Now imagine a hateful group similar to neo nazis gets into power in this country. Are you still ok with the government having the power to regulate speech? --- http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/098/7/4/tom_nook_by_themerce-d3dhi0q.png http://www.gameswagonline.com/uploads/9/0/8/9/9089979/1372277527.jpg <cite>TomNook20 posted [p:886821478] in What would... [t:75787883]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fecundity posted...</cite> <quote> but the First Amendment isn't an end unto itself, is it</quote> It is. Once you allow government the ability to determine what speech is or isn't acceptable, you no longer have freedom of speech. The first amendment is one thing that prevents us from ever having a government like China's, or Germany's or Russia's. <cite>Fecundity posted...</cite> <quote> If we were to go Europe's route and say, racist speech is now a misdemeanor offense, denying the Holocaust is now a misdemeanor offense, violent Nazi protests like Charlottesville are now felonies, what would actually be the downside?</quote> Now imagine a hateful group similar to neo nazis gets into power in this country. Are you still ok with the government having the power to regulate speech? --- http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/098/7/4/tom_nook_by_themerce-d3dhi0q.png http://www.gameswagonline.com/uploads/9/0/8/9/9089979/1372277527.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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