> ... there is no value for
> society in protecting the speech of those who only
> talk the talk or engage
> in strictly "abstract" Nazis discourse.
Sure there is. Free speech is, of itself, a worthwhile goal, and an important protection for anyone with unconventional ideas.
> In order to nip in the bud the ones
> who might walk the walk , it is worth it to society
> to "sacrifice" the few who are only talking the stuff.
Gotta stop those bomb-throwing anarchists and the crazy socialists who want to have a violent revolution. Better lock up everyone who talks those ideas.
> It's a classical legal balancing test. The
> gravity of the harm of the ones who will walk the
> walk outweighs the
> "benefit" of allowing the others to play around
> with Nazi talk and ideas (the ones you know).
Classic nonsense. You speak only of "worth it to society". Are there no individual rights to be considered at all in your world view?
> Plus , there is zero benefit to society from the ones
> who just play around with Nazi speech.
There is a major benefit to society of having free speech, of letting ideas be argued.
-- Sandy Harris Zhuhai, Guangdong, China