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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

here, educate yourself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

I am not for absolutism because in some cases it can be disallowed. But only for very specific reasons and that the government is afraid of different ideologies isn’t a valid reason.

It sure is when the government represents the interests of the working majority. And the government is the only body that can decide what speech is or isn't allowed, so your whole statement is self contradictory. If you accept that some speech is harmful and needs to be suppressed, then it becomes a question of degrees. And westerners thinking that they got the level of censorship fundamentally right while everyone else has it wrong is just plain old chauvinism. Western societies are currently the most polarized societies with some of the lowest levels of social cohesion. Anybody looking at the west and thinking that this is a good model should get their head checked.