Originally Posted by
theprestige
Can you take a moment to answer my questions?
Of course, always have and always will.
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What, exactly, is the "extreme position" of the fascist? When you are warranting your "extreme response", what exactly are you responding to?
The extreme position, in the context of being an American fascist, is that the concept of authoritarian rule and that democracy is obsolete, per definitions upthread, fundamentally undermine our Constitution, and would effectively toss our hard-fought system of self-government out the window and replace it with exactly what we revolted against. Overturning our entire system of government is pretty extreme, IMHO. I respond to this declared objective, whenever it is championed, specifically that authoritarian rule with it's attendant racial superiority and direct power to control its citizens (per definition) is extremely adversarial to one who values civil rights and the rights of the individual as legislated by consent.
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And what exactly is the "extreme response" you are warranting, anyway?
That would vary with specifics, wouldn't it? Hence the vague phrasing. But if a fascist wants essentially to dismantle Constitutional principles (pretty honking extreme), a proportional response is called for. What exactly that would be can be all over the map. A garden-variety neo-nazi (I prefer this term to fascist, but fascist was already in use ITT) may focus on white supremacy, or relegating Muslims or gays to second-class citizenry. That is hate speech IMO. And fighting words.
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This thread was started to discuss a violent protest of a speaker at UC Berkeley. Your recent posts suggest that you are confused about the topic, or at least equivocating about your position.
I don't think so, although I am pretty sure others are equivocating the hell out of my position. I have said repeatedly that I do not consider the OP a suppression of speech so much as a street fight. Yet I am asked why I support the suppression of free speech.
A question for you, if you don't mind: How, specifically, am I equivocating? What double meanings am I using, and where?