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Topic	What would be the downside of making racism, Nazism, etc. illegal?
TomNook20 09/18/17 11:31:14 AM #12:	Fecundity posted... I get there's a slippery slope argument against prohibiting any speech, but doesn't allowing public displays of racism open our government up to the threat of demagogic takedown, whereas that would be harder if we were more like Europe? Nope, there's a reason why our government hasn't ever resembled China's, or Germany's or Russia's. Fecundity posted... And what if you were very specific about what speech would no longer be protected? What if you clearly defined the bounds of what's permissible and what'd not, so that even if that group of Neo Nazis got into power, they couldn't turn the law to their advantage? Wouldn't prohibiting racist speech make it harder for those Neo Nazis to come into power in the First place? You can't. When you allow government the ability to determine what speech is permissible and what isn't, you are now at the mercy of your rulers. That's why we have the bill of rights, so that no matter who's in power, you are protected. And suppressing people's rights only stirs them up and only strengthens their movement. If someone is saying something stupid, the best weapon against them is to let them show everyone how stupid they are. --- 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:886821889] in What would... [t:75787883]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fecundity posted...</cite> <quote>I get there's a slippery slope argument against prohibiting any speech, but doesn't allowing public displays of racism open our government up to the threat of demagogic takedown, whereas that would be harder if we were more like Europe?</quote> Nope, there's a reason why our government hasn't ever resembled China's, or Germany's or Russia's. <cite>Fecundity posted...</cite> <quote> And what if you were very specific about what speech would no longer be protected? What if you clearly defined the bounds of what's permissible and what'd not, so that even if that group of Neo Nazis got into power, they couldn't turn the law to their advantage? Wouldn't prohibiting racist speech make it harder for those Neo Nazis to come into power in the First place? </quote> You can't. When you allow government the ability to determine what speech is permissible and what isn't, you are now at the mercy of your rulers. That's why we have the bill of rights, so that no matter who's in power, you are protected. And suppressing people's rights only stirs them up and only strengthens their movement. If someone is saying something stupid, the best weapon against them is to let them show everyone how stupid they are. --- 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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