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No. I'm clearly not a fascist. I'm quite the opposite, in fact, I'm staunchly democratic.

I'm acting in bad faith? No, I'm not. I'm actively engaging with you, I'm not shutting you down or refusing your points or values.

So many misuse what the Paradox is, I blame American politics. The paradox of intolerance clearly states;

I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies ; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force ; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument ; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law

My entire point is that if users come here from outside their safe-spaces, we are free to engage and challenge their bigoted views. Will it change their opinion? Perhaps, Daryl Davis believes so and from experience, so do I. Regardless, at least it will show to others how outdated and stupid these views are. Do you agree with me on that?

When their claim is easy to disprove, then disprove it. If they say that it's fake-news, then it only makes them look like an idiot.