Tolerating fascism is the same thing as propagating it.
This is literally and factually false.
As bad as propagating it? Go for it. But you should be aware that making statements like you did makes it really easy for people to dismiss you offhand.
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LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoAllowing fascism to spread is allowing censorship. Choosing not to censor fascism is choosing to allow intolerance to become mainstream.
You call for a utopia of free speech where even Nazis can live happily alongside the minorities whose deaths they call for. Such a utopia does not exist. It’s impossible. The fascists will go around to all other members of this “utopia” and by force coercion and indoctrination convince them to come together to murder the minorities. Then having done so they will censor all thought that does not align with their hatred and their conspiracies.
Tolerating fascism is the same thing as propagating it.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
It is functionally the same. Allowing fascist thought to exist allows it to spread. Fascism doesn’t require specific endorsement to spread. Saying “it is alright if someone says something fascist, there’s nothing we should do about that” actually does more to spread it in many situations than explicitly endorsing it yourself.
Fascism is esoteric at its fringes. It is religious in its narrative. It spreads in societies that tolerate it. How you prevent fascism is by correctly punishing fascists. Fascists cannot be given the legitimacy of a debate, they can’t be allowed to speak in the first place. If fascists are in your government, if they’re in your media, if they speak freely in public, then you’ve already lost.
Si_sierra@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
To use a trolley problem metaphor, what they are saying is not pulling the lever is the same as allowing five people to die. If fascism is progressing and you do not stop it, you are allowing it to progress. Whether you consider that propagation comes down to your ethical framework, but from a consequentialist view it is accurate
2ncs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Holy cow man, chill, this discussion is about censoring a song about 2 genders, not a fascist manifesto.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
This song does not exist in isolation. It’s creator, the man not the 11 year old singing, spreads outspoken hatred about LGBT minorities. That in and of itself is absolutely a part of the present day neofascist movement.
ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The creator is an awful person and likely to be a future family annihilator. He is truly terrifying.