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by croon 3133 days ago
> Wait: the one who wants to silence speech is you.

> We are just saying that, if you want to silence people in the name of past mass killings, you have to silence a lot of people. Nazis, communist / socialists, probably even Christians and Muslims, yes.

> Wouldn't be better to just not try to silence anyone? :)

No, I'm saying that inherently violent ideologies are different from non-violent ideologies that have been used for violent ends.

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Good luck drawing a line. Communism advocates destruction of the borgeouisie. Is it inherently violent? "Destruction" seems pretty violent to me.