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by V__ 1403 days ago
Absolutely, there are lines and some are blurry and worthy of discussion. I'm not trying to deny that. I just wanted to exaggerate an example to get my point across. I could have said "forced sex of a one-year-old by a sane adult" but that's not what I tried to convey.

I try to state that some positions are so out-there (I'm sorry for a lack of a better term) that they are extreme and not part of sane or normal (for a lack of a better term) political discourse. That doesn't mean that one shouldn't try to talk with these people or shun them. Just that pretending they are normal is dangerous. Politicians insisting 1+1 equals 3 is extreme but maybe not harmful, someone insisting Jews are not people got 6 million killed. That's why I can't agree that it's just politics, if such a position can have real dangerous and harmful implications. I hope I could make my point more clear.