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Say that to ACLU in 1978.

Or any generally civil person, who likely thinks that using violence to drive your political values makes you worse than your opponent.

The side really doesn´t matter. Especially in a world where people tend to pigeonhole their totem animal enemies to be extremists, which combine in to accepting wanton violence to larger and larger parts of the population who doesn´t fit their specific set of often newly-invented values.

"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It"




“Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty.” (via yonatan zunger in 2017 – https://medium.com/extra-extra/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-prec...)





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