• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    Replace “Hitler 2” with “Fred Phelps” of the Westboro Baptist Church, and you can see how that scenario turned out for Fred. Basically, yes.

    In a society that values free speech, the idea of “how they hate whatever group and want them dead” is the antithesis of that philosophy. Any time he “talks to others” about the people he hates, they recognize he is preaching an opinion contrary to that philosophy. Consequently, they shun him, rather than follow him. They leave him to say what he wants, but his speech alienates people instead of helping him consolidate power.

    Fascism is destroyed when nobody - not you; not Hitler 2 - has power to silence dissent.