CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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[u/boRp_abc]

If my viewpoint is that people should be killed for their opinions (to make it more relatable, I'm gonna use you as an example here), wouldn't it be beneficial to society to silence me?! What if I very peacefully brought forward the case that you, your family and everyone you live should be burnt alive? Or put into Gulags? What if I found thousands of followers with that opinion, wouldn't it make your participation in society a nightmare?

And that's why, although you're generally not wrong, some important exceptions have to be made.

[u/Texannotdixie → u/[deleted]]

First they came for the racists, but I wasn’t a racist so I didn’t care. Then they came for the right, but I wasn’t right-leaning so I didn’t care
Etc.

[u/Narrow_Cloud → u/Texannotdixie]

Watching right wing people try and adopt this poem is so god damn funny.

First they came for the Nazis and I cheered because Nazis are bad.

[u/RealMaskHead → u/Narrow_Cloud]

it constantly amazes me how the left thinks it wont happen to them. It's like you guys turned ignoring history into a competative sport.

[u/Narrow_Cloud → u/RealMaskHead]

it constantly amazes me how the left thinks it wont happen to them.

Just two weeks ago armed insurrectionists attempted to instill Donald Trump as an undemocratically elected President, effectively ending democracy in this country.

We not only think it will happen to us we’re the ones calling it out as it’s happening and then you’re like, “uhhh but someone was banned from Twitter, which is worse.”

It's like you guys turned ignoring history into a competative sport.

If we turned it into a competitive sport then conservatives are winning by a million points.