Yep. One of the biggest blind spots people have is assuming that underneath, others share the same basic values as them. They have trouble imagining an ideology that is completely misaligned with theirs.
The response is usually you only want to shut down speech that you don't agree with.
The entire planet fought a war that killed upwards of 80 million people in opposition to this speech. I think that jury came in.
This is something I struggle with. I honestly believe that free speech is an incredibly important right that should be limited only when absolutely necessary. But hate speech really tests the limits of my tolerance.
I could even countenance some hate speech but that, that is very obviously and proven without a doubt, to be speech that comes with violence.
The first (and 2nd) amendment isn't supposed to be a suicide pact.
We have a social contract. It's generous, I hope, but it still has boundaries. If someone shamelessly flouts that contract, they do not get the benefits of people who hold it up.
that is: yes, fucking cancel. Shut that shit down.
"Fascism is not to be argued with, it is to be smashed."
My mother used to be on the national board of the ACLU and she got in a lot of arguments because the one area she disagreed with them on was she didn't think Nazis and other hate mongers should be protected and defended.
