• rist097@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s just a thought experiment that is taken dogmatically, while in reality is just used by fascists to censor the free speech

    • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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      1 year ago

      It’s a thought experiment that was born out of the fucking Nuremberg Trials, you pillock. It was a reflection of what we did wrong as humanity. It’s hardly just some essay some bloke wrote. FFS pick up a history book once or twice.

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      1 year ago

      So, you have no arguments against it, you just don’t like that people use it to shut out intolerant discourse?

      By the way, it’s not “just a thought experiment”. It’s a philosophical principle that Popper put out there as self-preservation for democratic societies. You can argue its merits all you want, but you haven’t so far.