There’s a very famous quote often misattributed to Voltaire that goes, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” That no longer seems to be a very popular sentiment in America. That’s too bad because those words cut to the heart of the First Amendment.
Moreover, it’s doubly important that universally despised groups like Nazis and white supremacists should have free speech. The usual response to this is something akin to, “So, you like Nazis, huh?” Well, no. Did you catch the “universally despised” comments? I’ve been conservative for decades, I’ve gone to Republican conferences, I’ve talked to hundreds of people on the Right and I have literally never met someone in person who likes Richard Spencer, David Duke, the KKK or the Nazi Party. Certainly people like that exist, just as there are people who are fans of Bill Ayers, Margaret Sanger or the Communist Party, but white supremacists are a marginalized fringe group in America.
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