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The left used to defend free speech in the public square. Such as when neo-nazis marched in Skokie where many Jewish Holocaust survivors lived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am...

There's nothing wrong with the opinion of being against free speech, it's just quite sad how far we've fallen. Only allowing the speech you agree with is not free speech.



Free Speech has to do with the government hauling you off for saying something, it has nothing to do with being able to incite riots, or convey viewpoints of fascism on the property of a 3rd party.


Do you understand the difference between free speech and conspiracy? Between opinions and inciting?

If not these are all just words you found that when strung together elicit an emotional response from yourself, and from others. A strong reaction doesn’t mean something is true, or makes sense. It just means your monkey brain reacted to it. Wisdom is separating the two.


I can't tell if you're spreading misinformation on purpose. You're referring to the American Nazi party as "the left".

From your link: "his Neo-Nazi group, the NSPA, would regularly hold demonstrations in Marquette Park".

Firstly: you're mislabeling the radical right wing. Secondly: they they're right wing goes against your point.

Are you confused because "national socialist" (which is what nazi stands for) has the word socialist?


The example was that the American Nazi Party wanted to march through a neighborhood with several Holocaust survivors. Many non-Nazis, including groups like the ACLU, defended the Nazis’ right to hold the march.


Thanks for the clarification.




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