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> When our enemies say: well, we gave you the freedom of opinion back then - yeah, you gave it to us, that's in no way evidence that we should return the favor! Your stupidity shall not be contagious! That you granted it to us is evidence of how dumb you are!

-- Joseph Goebbels, 1935

The whole point is that fascist movements will abuse your tolerance to build themselves up to a position where they can take it away from you. The only answer is to not tolerate the intolerant.



Goebbels was an unreliable narrator who had strong incentive to promote the idea that freedom of speech makes a nation weak.


How ironic this quote perfectly encapsulates the inevitable conclusion to the issue of illegal immigration, which is exactly what topic of today is all about.

Being tolerant of intolerant cultures won't make them return the favor once they constitute a substantial portion of government and populace.


It takes a special kind of person to use a warning about the dangers of right wing extremism to... argue in favor of right wing extremism.


Is it 'extremist' to want to avoid your country from harboring criminals with incompatible views on freedom and expression? I don't think most people would call Ukraine politically extreme for defending their country from Russia, but what do I know.


Maybe the world is not a binary between "left" and "right" and not everyone who disagrees with your views is an extremist.




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