[lbo-talk] "Freedom" of fascist speech is an absurdity

[Wendy Lyon]

On 2/6/06, Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
>
> CB: I use absurd here to mean self-contradictory. If one values freedom of
> speech so highly , it would contradict that high evaluation to support those
> who seek to abolish the freedom of speech,

Supporting their right to freedom of speech is not the same as
supporting *them*.


> It's elevating this
> specific group's freedom to speak above everybody's else's freedom to speak,
> because this group is using its speech to advocate institution of a form of
> government that will do away with the protection of freedom of speech.
> Fascists, by definition, eliminate freedom of speech.

Only if they're successful, which really isn't likely.