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EC-2021's avatar

Very oddly, this was linked from a TechCrunch article (https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/substack-doubles-down-on-uncensored-free-speech-with-acquisition-of-letter/), presumably as evidence of the linked language which was "But free speech shouldn’t mean endorsing hate speech." I am actively confused as to how this article could be viewed as supporting the article, though I guess it's certainly true that free speech doesn't mean ENDORSING hate speech, merely recognizing that it cannot/should not be censored? That may be overly generous.

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"The problem is never the expressions you wish to repress themselves but the existence of the people who would express them, and those people are ultimately the product of conditions in the world you can’t control. You cannot eliminate hate from the world, and no one alive will live to see the end of fascism. What you can do is to mitigate the negative effects of hate as best you can ... by trying to present a more compelling and attractive vision than the fascists."

Brilliantly expressed and too wise, FdB.

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