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by bArray 2082 days ago
I really appreciate what you've written here and I'm sorry you're going to get down-voted into oblivion. The down-vote button is sometimes used as a replacement for proper engagement.

Free speech is not what allows hate to grow, it's lack of it. Look at every awful event in history - it's always surrounded by misinformation, propaganda and a lack of free speech. The only way they can gain control is by oppressing the speech of their opposition.