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FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
7. Yup. That's tougher. I don't know what we can realistically do (quickly anyway)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:19 PM
Aug 2017

But I think the beginning has to be an agreement that certain things are out of bounds.

Fascism has caused the world enough trouble.

It does not deserve a place at the table.

It does not deserve to be treated as a legitimate viewpoint.

If we, the public, as well as the news media would settle on just those points, I think we'd have a start.

You wouldn't ever expect to hear ANYONE go on TV and say that the terrorists from other countries have a legitimate view and we just need to let them have their say. And we should not tolerate it when it comes from within.

I know the slippery slope argument and would probably be making it myself in other circumstances, but we won't have a democracy to defend -- and therefore no Bill of Rights to even discuss -- if this isn't stopped.

These "people" know no limits. They think "Gott mit uns". There's no such thing as going too far if it means stopping them.

We destroyed the Nazis in WWII. We should do no less now.

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