• Nakoichi [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    How I learned to defeat fascism with the power of love:

    Chapter one:
    Realizing you cannot stop fascism with the power of love.

    Chapter two:
    The power of incredible violence.

  • NeelixBiederman [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    "free speech" is a thought-terminating cliche for people too lazy to come up with a real argument or plan to stop fascist rhetoric.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      Its also a convient fig leaf for fascist movements so they can be defended while incubating in liberal societies

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    edit-2
    10 months ago

    A society that values free speech rejects Mustache's philosophy. He never gains enough of a following in panel 1, 2, or 3 to be able to enact panel 4.

    As soon as we allow ourselves to silence someone, Mustache can use the same argument to justify silencing Black Shirt. When we allow ourselves to suppress an enemy of society, Mustache merely needs to suggest to us that Black Shirt is such an enemy.

    The insidious part of fascism is that by the time we get to Panel 4, we are the ones carrying Black Shirt to the gallows.