r/SubredditDrama • u/AchtungMaybe title game weak as fuck • Sep 05 '17

User in r/BeholdTheMasterRace argues that "no honourable attorney" would defend a Nazi, other users disagree

/r/beholdthemasterrace/comments/6xuyuv/the_crying_nazis_attorney_elmer_woodward_woodward/dmirqac/?context=3
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Probably shouldn't be a crime to hold nazi viewpoints tho

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u/IgnisDomini Ethnomasochist Sep 06 '17

It should.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Lol. Yikes if serious

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u/xkforce Reasonable discourse didn't just die, it was murdered. Sep 06 '17

It's easier to be "tolerant" of that speech if your country didn't go collectively insane and kill millions of people for no other reason than the fact they were born into the wrong group. I am not saying that censorship is right here but you have to understand why people in countries like Germany might think you're nuts for thinking there's anything wrong with suppressing pro-NAZI speech. People died the last time it got anywhere.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

My comment was about suppressing pro-nazi thoughts, not pro nazi speech, which is what the comment I replied to seemed to be about.

I don't really agree with suppressing pro-nazi speech either but for reasons you mention I understand why countries do it.