Re:Trouble at the Koolaid Point
by wpietri on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @11:57PM
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That is not in fact what liberal democracy is about.
Democracy requires us not to use the apparatus of the state to suppress opinions by force. But that's it.
It certainly doesn't require us to provide material support for all opinions, no matter how toxic. Neither does it require tolerance of speech that goes beyond opinion. Incitement to riot, for example, is a crime. So is making threats, or conspiring to commit other crimes.
Democracy requires us not to use the apparatus of the state to suppress opinions by force. But that's it.
It certainly doesn't require us to provide material support for all opinions, no matter how toxic. Neither does it require tolerance of speech that goes beyond opinion. Incitement to riot, for example, is a crime. So is making threats, or conspiring to commit other crimes.