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the main problem I have with the government doing this is that they would be the ones to define who the minoritys are. If I remember correctly the US consider veterans to be a protected class, what if a government decided to extend minority status to those that themselves (as part of their "culture") codified intolerance to existing protected minorities (such as certain religions with respect to homosexuality)?
I mean I'm not advocating for that though. I don't think it's impossible to restrict specifically fascist rhetoric. I don't think it's impossible to make it illegal to advocate for genocide of racial and gender minorities.
if the (US and many others) governments weren't run by fascists I might agree, but I know that politics change and facist, homophobic, racists are always going to have a chance to be elected in a democratic (republic) system.
If this is already true then how does making it illegal to be a Nazi change that? If Nazis will already get into power (and then restrict non-nazi or anti-nazi speech), then what exactly is the risk of making it illegal to espouse Nazi ideology?