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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior
Case in point. They cant possibly be that naive.
By forbidding people to hold a certain opinion, you only make that opinion stronger. Because now you are building a mystique around it that (naturally rebellious) young people will find very attractive.
The US has no laws against any ideology...no matter how vile. Yet we do not have the problems Europe has (and had) regarding race. Public opinion does what no law can do. Racists have been completely eviscerated in our society. They've become parodies of themselves. THATS what free speech gets you in the long run.
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Oh well, probably one thing
: That is exactly the reason why American Forums are sometimes flooded with Europeans/Germans denying the Holocaust, they feel like they need to express their views somewhere and they aren't allowed to do it at home.
Keep that in mind when you run into em, it's definitly not a very common view over here - as a matter of fact it's a very tiny minority.