Umm.. white nationalist tried to pull a coup a month ago.
It's just possible that maybe, just maybe some speech isn't compatible with democracy...
It's just possible that maybe, just maybe some speech isn't compatible with democracy...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action
[2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression_in_Can...
That's what history has shown again and again.
If you give free speech to people and groups who's express goal is to take away the power and speech of others they unironically will...
The paradox of tolerance isn't some other world hypothetical it has been demonstrated again and again.
> "coup"
Come on, man.
To people who are downvoting, the NYT story was made up: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/22/what-we-know-...
Correct, it doesn't seem like they did; the NYT story was debunked.
> dragged an enemy flag through the senate
The rebel flag isn't an "enemy flag" any more than the Republic of Texas flag. It's a historical curiosity that has some function as a completely detached cultural signifier.
You are pathologically hyperbolic.