Chris (moving to jade.moe)  

@jhol @bob @starwall @tom79 @dirb

free speech advocates,

Who advocate for the free speech of nazis

classical liberals

Who repeat fascist/white nationalist propaganda

Christians, conservatives, and edgy boi Internet memesters.

Christians that espouse bigoted views and want agency ripped away from non-christians. Conservatives that support policies that marginalize PoC and LGBT+ people. “memesters” that perpetuate propaganda and hate.

They are all part of the same system of harm.

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Joel Holdsworth  

@brainblasted

Yes I do advocate for free speech for everyone... even ideas I hate.

The real white nationalists have ridiculous ideas that English liberals such as myself can easily expose as laughable.

Just read about what happened when UK's BNP party got a platform on the BBC - the party was gaining strength, until people got to hear their silly ideas

It's when you silence them that their ideas take on a mystique that they dont deserve.

@dirb @tom79 @starwall @bob

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Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅  
@jhol No. This is just erroneous.
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Bob Ham  

@bob @jhol I seem to recall the BNP did fall apart somewhat after Nick Griffen's appearance on Question Time.

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Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅  
@rah @jhol I think that happened not because of any counterspeech but because of internal battles
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Bob Ham
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@bob @jhol Yes, that's what I recall too but the internal battles were because Nick Griffen was destroyed on Question Time and the whole country was like "holy crap, those BNP people are really fucked up!" :-)

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