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Re:German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire ac... by sampo on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:46PM (#16065524)
> Do you use fascist techniques like criminalizing speech to stop the spread of fascist ideas? Or do you simply hope fascist ideas don't take hold?

If you resort to fascist techniques, then fascist ideas clearly have taken hold.

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Re:German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire ac... by MollyR on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @08:18PM (#16067159)
Fascist techniques won't stop it then, it will only amplify them.

The fascist kind of suppressing (usually disagreements with the establishment or status quo) speech usually ends in violence and revolution.

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