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by asabjorn 3085 days ago
I think being inclusive of viewpoints is incredibly important, even if they contain something factually incorrect, so I am not advocating some sort of thought police.

There will always be some fringe elements, everyone has a crazy uncle/aunt, but I do not believe for a second that anything close to the majority is crazy so the desired way to advocate an action is through agreement in the democratic process. If you can't convince and compromise maybe your opinion is not the right on balance for society.

What I am suggesting is an effort to protect the democratic process and that we do not let any group use extrajudicial measures to enforce an action. Anyone that treats it as war needs to see that this has consequences and should not be celebrated.

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I'm not sure we're disagreeing, but perhaps talking around each other. The point I was trying to get at is that I don't believe Google represents the extreme left, nor does DaMore represent the extreme right. And that's the problem. Google and the national media are not fringe elements which we might dismiss the way we do with people toting swastikas or hammer and sickles.