He didn’t use speech laws to silence his critics though. He used national security laws, and straight up covert violence. Not sure why anyone who follows history would not support such a thing.
Nazi Censorship mainly occurred AFTER Hitler used his hate speech to form the SA and to overthrow the German legislature via the burning of the Reichstag and to gain his emergency powers.
The problem wasn’t the fact that he censored people AFTER he came to power, it’s that he came to power at all. In many ways the Weimar Republic’s views on free speech mirrored the US’s today. Free speech isn’t going to hinder an heir apparent to Hitler if they ever might rise in our country, if anything free speech will drastically help them as they use our very protections against us.
One doesn’t have to look far beyond Trump to see where hate speech could severely detriment our society. If someone with similar rhetoric who was only slightly smarter than Trump and slightly more subversive got into office, we’ve already proved that there’s essentially no way to get them out if they take drastic action.
Free speech is always the number one enemy (and protection) of dictator and others who oppress others. What was the first thing the communist did in every country where they rose to power? What is the first thing dictators do when they come into power? There's a common theme throughout history which has been repeated hundreds of times. The oppressor silences speech with which he/she disagrees. The reasons are obvious. What is being supported by "progressives" at the current time should give shivers to all of us who favor our personal freedoms.
Remember, I was the one who said the "progressives" wouldn't stop at the tearing down of the confederate statues but would expand their "outrage' to Presidents and other historic figures. You disagreed. Speech is following a similar path as the same people are silencing it as well. My track record on this matter speaks for itself.
As I stated in my example, speak out against the BLM agenda on a college campus and see how quickly your freedom of speech is taking from you. Not because it’s hate speech but because those in power and in the majority at those places disagree with the content. Quite progressive of them.
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