What takes incredible mental acrobatics is the ability to read what I said, and not understand simple English.
You apparently believe that it's OK to suppress the speech of "bad people". My point is that such suppression is, in fact, similar to all oppressive regimes.
The reason the Nazis were bad is not just the genocide they committed, but the reasons behind the genocide. The idea that we can "get" the bad people has been used to justify all kinds of atrocities, world-wide.
Anyone who honestly opposes the "bad people" like Nazies should denounce their tactics. All of their tactics. Not just the violence, but the underlying idea that there are "bad people", who deserve all possible punishment, no matter how nasty or evil.
Do believe that free speech should be suppressed, simply because you don't like the people? Or you don't like the topic of their speech?
a) yes - you don't believe in free speech
b) no - you do believe in free speech
I live in Canada, which had the concept of "hate speech", that you apparently are in agreement with. It got repealed because it was stupid, abusive, and being abused.
I gave a concrete example, you've asked a hypothetical.
I believe in and have activated (actual feet-on-the ground, talking to reps, writing letters, teaching free classes on encryption, etc., real activist shit) for free speech for decades. I also believe in and will activate for a world free of Nazis. There is no conflict there, and I'm completely comfortable with my position on both free speech and opposing Nazis in every way possible.
You still haven't answered my question: Do you believe Al Qaeda, not some amorphous blob of "free speech", should be able to obtain permits and police protection to hold recruiting rallies across the US?
This isn't about whether I "like" or "dislike" certain speech, this is about known terrorist organizations recruiting with the consent and participation of our government.
I live in the US, where the stakes are real. White supremacy has a long, deadly, history in my country. You have your own white supremacist problem in Canada (and some of them came to the US for the Unite the Right rally), but it may not currently be an existential threat to your democracy. It is exactly that, right now, here in the US.
You apparently believe that it's OK to suppress the speech of "bad people". My point is that such suppression is, in fact, similar to all oppressive regimes.
The reason the Nazis were bad is not just the genocide they committed, but the reasons behind the genocide. The idea that we can "get" the bad people has been used to justify all kinds of atrocities, world-wide.
Anyone who honestly opposes the "bad people" like Nazies should denounce their tactics. All of their tactics. Not just the violence, but the underlying idea that there are "bad people", who deserve all possible punishment, no matter how nasty or evil.