Anyone who says that fascist should have the right to form political parties and express their fascist beliefs because of freedom of speech is siding with the fascist, and I'm sure that they'll thank you for your service to their cause before they throw you in jail or worse.

@Radical_EgoCom

The marketplace of ideas requires those who participate to do so in good faith. Fascism exploits the social contract of all for the benefit of few, violating the good faith principle.

We are not required to tolerate the existence of fascism on any level.

@Radical_EgoCom I feel like that's a big part of where America has gone totally crazy is the inability to grasp nuance.

The bill of rights was written with such vague but absolutist language that it creates at least the impression of loopholes.

We *aren't* better off hearing from fascists but we also don't have any statutory legal framework to distinguish between them and any other unpopular message.

Leaving it all up to the courts instead of legislating hasn't been a super positive approach.

@bhasic @Radical_EgoCom The Paradox of Tolerance disappears when you consider tolerance not as some absolute principle to be followed, but as a social contract which demands reciprocity. We would all benefit from living in a tolerant society, but it would be self-defeating to afford such protections to the intolerant just so they can destroy it from within.
[Paraphrasing some take I've seen in the wild.]