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Censorship of speech is a powerful tool. Why, if you have the true conviction of your beliefs, would you fight with one hand behind your back?

Yes, but have you considered the outcome of everyone doing this?

Moreover, I’ve seen no evidence in my lifetime that letting my ideological opponents speak leads to positive results.

Mmmmm, yes. All ideological opponents should be silenced. This is clearly the way.

Seriously, if this is what you believe then you are clearly stating that you have no interest in a Free Society.

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regul@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My ideological opponents are already silencing speech. I gain nothing by ceding that tool solely to them.

As long as fascists exist they must be silenced. When they seize power, they will not do you the courtesy of allowing you to speak just because you let them. It’s naive to think otherwise.

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- Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  My ideological opponents are already silencing speech.
  
  Uh huh. I can fire up Social Media and find endless content openly discussing the entire spectrum of Political,Cultural, and Economic beliefs. You aren’t being silenced.
  
  As long as fascists exist they must be silenced.
  
  Define “fascist”.
  
  When they seize power, they will not do you the courtesy of allowing you to speak…
  
  Which is precisely what you yourself are proposing. Congratulations, you are rubbing elbows with the very people you claim to despise.
  
  If you do not tolerate dissent then you are ethically and morally inferior. Full Stop.
  
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  - Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Ah yes, the classic “lOOk aT tHE TOlEraNt LEfT” argument.
    
    Or is it maybe this one?
    
    Image showing a stick figure saying they want to destroy a group of people, another saying they want to stop the first by any means, and a third claiming they’re exactly the same.
    
    This exact argument has taken so many forms in the past decade, and they’re always founded on the same fallacy. It’s a false equivalency.
    
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    Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Ah yes, the classic “lOOk aT tHE TOlEraNt LEfT” argument.
    
    The person I was replying too didn’t mention Left or Right and neither did I.
    
    It’s a false equivalency.
    
    Silencing your ideological opponents is ethically and morally inferior and I don’t care what your supposed motivation is.
    
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