Probably add that I'm trying to humorously point out that even "I'm not making a stand" is "making a stand", and somebody's going to get hurt. This isn't an issue you can't "can't we all just get along!" on. Because we can't. In fact "we CAN'T just get along" is literally the fucking stance the alt-right is making.
Also, vis a vis free speech; the metaphor used to explain why we need it is that it allows the public decide about opinions "in the court of public opinion". If a goddamn court finds you goddamn guilty of whatever, they don't go "You're guilty! Now go away and have a nice day, I guess!" No, they pass a sentence and try and make sure that shit doesn't happen again. Fuck the court of public opinion; the Nazis were sentenced and executed by real courts. Shitty opinions, especially shitty opinions acted on, are shitty and, if freedom of speech is to actually fucking do its job, should be actively opposed.
I mean, I'm not saying "there are many sides to issues" necessarily means you side with Nazis, but I am saying the last major public figure to say that totally was.
Probably add that I'm trying to humorously point out that even "I'm not making a stand" is "making a stand", and somebody's going to get hurt. This isn't an issue you can't "can't we all just get along!" on. Because we can't. In fact "we CAN'T just get along" is literally the fucking stance the alt-right is making.
Also, vis a vis free speech; the metaphor used to explain why we need it is that it allows the public decide about opinions "in the court of public opinion". If a goddamn court finds you goddamn guilty of whatever, they don't go "You're guilty! Now go away and have a nice day, I guess!" No, they pass a sentence and try and make sure that shit doesn't happen again. Fuck the court of public opinion; the Nazis were sentenced and executed by real courts. Shitty opinions, especially shitty opinions acted on, are shitty and, if freedom of speech is to actually fucking do its job, should be actively opposed.
I mean, I'm not saying "there are many sides to issues" necessarily means you side with Nazis, but I am saying the last major public figure to say that totally was.