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[–] ArbitraryValue 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know the context for that quote and I don't think it's particularly relevant to my argument. Even if we assume the worst possible interpretation, H.L. Mencken still said it best:

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're right, that's why I support genocide. There are too many oppressive laws aimed at oppressing the rights of fascists, or as I've taken to calling them, people with genocidal thoughts they'd like to turn into actions. You can't start oppressing them, otherwise someone could use those laws to oppress me!