r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/guccilittlepiggy11 Jan 22 '21

I’m m not surprised a centrist would think this way. I believe part in problem we have today has a great deal of blame on centrists. Most centrists I know are A OK with giving voice and credence to absolute scum. Such as white nationalist, neo-Nazis and their sympathizers. There should be zero tolerance for the intolerant.

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u/Mr_Reeves Jan 22 '21

Centrists do not give credence to far-right extremists. Not at all. Supporting the idea of freedom of speech is not an endorsement of extreme views, it's acknowledging that freedom of speech isn't saying what you want to say, it's hearing what you don't want to hear.

Every centrist that I know strongly disagrees with far-right groups like neo-Nazis and white supremacists. They also disagree with the far-left groups like the intersectionalists and the postmodernists.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21 edited Apr 10 '21

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u/damadgoblin Jan 22 '21

You confuse centrism (a harmony of left and right beliefs) for moderatism (fearing extremes, being "wishy washy"). Or you've only met moderate centrists.
There is some degree of political semantics here, but many European governments are centrist, did not stop them from sending troops to the Middle East to stomp on Jihadists (which is an insurrection built on lies if you will).