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People only believe there is "something" because they've been lied to.



Fascism and disallowing lying are the same thing.


Falsely calling fire in a crowded theatre is inciting panic and a crime.

Falsely calling someone a rapist is libelous and slanderous -- both crimes.

Not all types of lies need to fall under free speech.


Oh please shut up. I'm pretty up there on the scale as a free speech absolutist, but this is the sort of shit that makes people have no fucking clue what facism is, and why its used as a pejorative generic insult by all sides.

Reducing an entire movement with complex beliefs to a single talking point is not valid in the least.


Only reason to be offended is if you are one.

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