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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
FFS.
Seriously? Gimme a break Rube. No centrist would ever be okay with fascism. Way to build a strawman.
How about this? Liberalism and discourse is the method of dismantling fascism! By exposing people to the ugly truth by engaging and showing how their ideology doesn't align with what people actually want is the only way to really stop it. Otherwise it festers continuously under the surface.
It doesn't come without stress or consternation, but it surely is the only way to actually deal with it because if you don't engage at all they become strengthened in their righteousness because they aren't being listened to.
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Haha I don't even remember posting that but, while we're on the topic, Bill Maher just had Benny Shaps on his show. Is that not platforming someone with abhorrent views in the name of "both sides?"
Also this idea that discourse is what renders these ideologies obsolete is completely antiquated and not supported by factual evidence. Far-right groups who get platformed almost always see an uptick in membership any time they're debated somewhere, no matter how badly they get owned.