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[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you want a tolerant society, you cannot tolerate the intolerant.

If you want democracy, you must suppress anti-democratic ideas.

You have to fight for want you believe in, and not let antithetical ideas fester and subvert yours, just because they exploit your tolerance and use the space you give them to fight it.

[-] momo420@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Sure, but your methodology for determining what is an anti-democratic idea should be really tight, before you raid/arrest people.

No one wants murders in their society, but showing that they did that action is more important than stating that an action is wrong/anti-democratic/immoral etc.

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

How do you suppose they should have proceeded instead?

[-] momo420@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

In this case if they have evidence, they should be investigated as is being done.

My critique is on the general sense of tolerance/intolerance as that can be vague, although unjustified incitement of violence or violent action is a good place to draw a line. However what is a call to violence can be tricky to parse sometimes.

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