So you are calling me a nazi? I don't think that comparing the holocaust with banning the denial of holocaust stands in any healthy relation to one another.
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So you are calling me a nazi? I don't think that comparing the holocaust with banning the denial of holocaust stands in any healthy relation to one another.
I'm talking about the banning of opinions and speech, it doesn't matter what that speech is, it shouldn't be banned.
Denying the holocaust is a lie, not an opinion. Not banning it, means the risk that people may mistake it for an opinion. This could be infecting more people to believe it. As long as we got people on this planet who even believe that the earth is flat... The difference between these two things is that I haven't heard flat earthers wanting a dictatorship yet.
I'm not talking about holocaust denial, I'm talking about the banning of free speech, it's authoritarian and it goes against human rights. Everyone has the right to say whatever they want and believe whatever they want even if they're wrong.
When you are talking about freedom of speech, you also have to talk about things like the denial of holocaust. Why should I care about the freedom of people who are okay with taking away the freedom of others and even deny that fact? You never CAN ban speech anyway. We already can say whatever we want. We just have to be aware about the consequences. Freedom is a state of mind in first place. With being certain about not being free we will maybe miss the opportunities of the freedom we already have.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
I do understand what you mean. There is this moral contradiction in it. But where shall that lead to? When it is not okay to take away the freedom of others... should we be okay with people who are willing to take freedom away from others? I think what we can achieve is more and more freedom. And that starts with peoples minds. But is total freedom for everybody a thing we want yet? Mankind isn't ready for that at the moment. I also don't like many things that are happening in my country. But I feel very free. And this exception from freedom of speech for holocaust denial is something I am okay with. How should we declare to the jews not banning it? We already are free to think whatever we want and mankind already is one big community. But most people aren't just aware.
If you tolerate banning the speech of others, karma will come back around and ban your thoughts and opinions. Maybes one day, as Germany becomes more Islamic they may make it illegal to say anything bad about the Koran.
You could lose your job from voicing your disagreement of religious texts and ideologies.
It's a slippy slope if you begin to ban free speech.