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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” —Noam Chomsky (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your example just underlines the importance of foe. And you still don't understand just how important freedom of expression is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

So you want to give fascists freedom of expression, because fascists wouldn't give it to anyone else when they're in power?

....

The way this looks to me, there's two likely reasons for someone to have that stance

  1. They're a fascist hoping I'm the dumbest person on the planet and that I have zero critical thinking skills.

  2. Theyre exactly who #1 would be looking for