CentreAussie
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You don't understand what "freedom of speech" is all about. "Freedom of speech" simply means the GOVERNMENT will not arrest you, or interfere with your lawful message. It DOES NOT mean that people won't formulate the opinion that your message is harmful to society and do what they can to prevent you from proliferating it.
I can't understand why rubes think they have some unfettered right from God almighty to spout their bigotry and bullshit uncontested.
Freedom of speech is an ideal, a fundamental corner-stone of democracy. Just like the right to protest. And of course freedom of speech does not mean freedom from repercussions. The right to peacefully protest is another one of those core tenants. If ANTIFA was a peaceful protest organisation I would fully support and defend their right to protest, even if I think that they are ignorant fools. They do not have the right to be violent, vandalize or threaten. The thing you seem to be missing is that they don't protest Nazi/fascist/whatevers, they riot against anyone that they see as such. Their perception is completely warped, like most leftists.
Tucker Carlson is not a racist Nazi fascist etc. He's a conservative. IE Someone they just don't agree with. When you use violence and threats in an attempt to silence someone that you don't agree with, you are the fascist.
Which is why you shouldn't throw around words like Nazi. Because for the 99 sensible people who see it as the juvenile insult and attempt at dehumanization that it is, you'll have one person who'll join ANTIFA in a self-righteous fury and threaten violence against innocent people like Mrs Carlson. Or Ben Shaperio, or Steven Crowder, or anyone who is prepared to call out the idiocy of extreme leftist agendas.