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To add some nuance to Popper's argument, the implication is that intolerance means violence against others.

People can believe whatever they like as long as they don't become a movement dedicated to murdering those they don't like.

Historically, observably, and objectively, the US right has much more of a history with political murder than the left does.

This isn't some ideological purity test about "liberalism". This is about maintaining a culture that supports a broad spectrum of views in a peaceful way.

When the state itself crosses that line the state itself becomes oppressive, and would-be residents should be asking themselves whether that's the kind of state they want to live in, or visit.



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