https://youtu.be/nKQrsiLyq6Q
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Striking down the laws that govern free speech are not necessarily the goals of Antifascists.
Antifascists are usually more in favor of free speech than liberals.
The difference between what somebody says and the act of saying it, is in the effect it has.
For example saying something racist in the home is much different than having a racist rally in an African-American neighborhood.
In this case, the rally has a more chilling effect.
Fascists don’t value free speech. They only pretend to when it works in their favor.
Liberal Democracy does value free speech but doesn’t differentiate between the content and the act of saying it, nor the effects it may have.
Liberals assume that everyone who has something to say is coming to the table in good faith. Fascists exploit that.
Allowing fascist speech into political discourse gives room for their ideas to slip into the mainstream-liberal “marketplace of ideas.”
Because Liberal Democracy treats all speech more or less the same (with some exceptions) based on social bias or current norms, fascist speech will be permitted.
Fascists will claim that they have a right to their free speech, even though it may run counter to existing, current social norms.
As a result, the state will allow fascist speech into a community even if that community opposes what that speech is and who represents it.
When fascists’ free speech is advanced on paper, it’s enforced in the streets by the police. Police protect fascists and fascist speech.
Taking away the platforms to speak disallows the normalization of fascist propaganda.
To claim that shutting down fascist speech is a fascist act is a false equivalence because fascists will take away more than just your speech when you give them the space to take control.
Music for intro video: Beta Decay by Evgeny Teilor
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Music for video: “Dawn” by Magnus Ragerstrom
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Thanks to:
Philosophy Tube “The Philosophy of Antifa”
Mark Bray, author of “The AntiFascist Handbook”