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Can "free speech" be limited by ideology?

Should communists, jihadists, and white supremacists have free speech? To what extent?

If they're not threatening people or advocating for violence, is their speech protected?
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Communism is an extreme ideology. Let's not pretend like it's any better than the other collectivist, mass murdering ideologies brought to us by Lenin and Marx.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Lolwut, the Taliban were capitalist now? That's desperate.

I've seen this game before though. You have to redefine capitalism and blame every death you can on it to deflect away from the fully intentional mass murders of collectivism. I mean, sure, an 80 year dying of heart failure is completely the same as slaughtering 20 million in gulags and concentration camps.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Lol, "cross referencing history..." What a nonsensical way to dismiss an argument. Those words don't mean what you think they mean.

Tell me one communist nation that was successful, by any measure. I'll wait.

You just pulled a bait and switch. First, you claimed the Taliban were capitalist, now they're a construct of "capitalist manipulation". But, please, enlighten me on the creation of the Taliban. Just don't leave out the parts that are relevant to the Soviet Union because it doesn't fit your narrative.

Finally, would you like some ranch dressing for that word salad?
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Lol, nah, that's not a deflection, not at all. Actually, I'm an atheist.

You won't answer direct questions, you're redefining words, and you're stringing words together nonsensically. The reason? You're a propagandist for collectivism. You're the apologist here.

You can twist capitalism all you want, doesn't matter. Bottom line, every single collectivist society has turned to intentional, systematic mass murder. Every last one of them. In every flavor. Socialism, communism, or whatever machinations in between people like you tried to use to fool everyone else. From the Soviet Union to China to Cuba to Zimbabwe. Even Venezuela is in the early stages of it.

But you already know all of this, which is why you refuse to deal honestly. You can't.

If you argue in favor of any of form of authoritarian collectivist government, yes, you are an extremist beholden to an extreme ideology.

To be blunt, you're no better than Neo-Nazis, who are, by the way, collectivist authoritarians as well, and radical Islamists.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Translation: "Oh shit, he called me out and I can't refute anything he's saying because he's right. Crap. Now I'll have to whine about personal attacks after using personal attacks and run away."

Bye, bye, propagandist, and coward.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Oh, so you were lying about the bye part too? Color me surprised.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User You can stop replying or block me at any time. But I'm not in the habit of acquiescing to authoritarian hypocrites who get triggered that easily. Sorry.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User No.
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
@SW-User Nah, you're just projecting now. But that's exactly what you would do since you're a propagandist, dishonest, and an extremist.

Run away now.