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“Conservatives don’t speak out?”

I’m a center-right libertarian. One of the arguments I hear most from my left wing friends often is that “conservatives don’t speak out against the far-right” like liberals do. I’m no alt-righter, but my first reaction was to conclude that that wouldn’t do any good. Radicals on both the left and the right are hard to “convert” for lack of a better term. Plus the center-left rarely speaks out against the radical left either.

Then one of my friends pointed to the fact that people often have “spoken out” with positive results. Look at people like MLK, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, etc. They used protests and free speech to lead to amazing results. The problem arises when they go beyond free speech and start acting violently, like rioting, looting, and even wars.

Anyway, should center-right people speak out against the far-right, and if so, how? How can we do it in a productive and non-violent way? I know there were plenty of “never Trump” Republicans in 2016, but they kind of died out.
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MrMonnyPenny · 22-25, M
Fascists are dangerous.

They’ll almost certainly always stab you in the back.

And also, they don’t care about truth or reason. They are more focused on the right narrative/story. For example, I’ve heard Jonathan Bowden acknowledge the fact that the protocols of the elders of Zion were a forgery. However, he just simply said “the spirit of it was true” and moved on.
RopinTexan · 31-35, M
@MrMonnyPenny Do you actively speak out against people like him?
MrMonnyPenny · 22-25, M
@RopinTexan what would that require? For example, I could argue with someone in the comments of his videos (btw he’s dead now). But he’s quite fringe; why bring attention to him?
MrMonnyPenny · 22-25, M
@RopinTexan as in if you meant publically declaring “I don’t believe this mans views”