As a Libertarian, I have chosen a side.

Ok i'll bite.

what exactly are you banning?

Specifically Nazis? Hate against a specific group of people? either path could lead the next right wing government to say: "yeah, but you know what is also a hateful ideology? Islam". You may say that Islam is not an ideology of hate (which it isn't), but the supreme court is getting pretty old. the government could appoint justices who are very amenable to those arguments. But that wouldn't happen, right? Except trump was elected, and he wasn't far from pushing his Muslim ban through.

Or in another scenario the bans on hate speech stop at hate against a specific group. who is deciding what counts or not? That guy who taught his pug to do the Nazi salute was punished under law for what I personally think was clearly a joke. one might say that it was cryptofacism, even though the joke was that he was transforming a cut animal into a monster. But then the right wing government could point to Ilhan Omar, and other Israel critical statements and say its cryptoantisemitism. They could point to people like Sara Jeong and say that she advocated for white genocide* by saying #cancelwhitepeople. You might think that's ridiculous as it is obviously a joke, but it doesn't really matter what you think. It matters what would hold up in a court judged by your enemy.

The only limitation i've seen that has swayed me is the idea that you (legally) shouldn't be given a platform if you actively call for the fall of democracy, as it would be hard for an authoritarian court to bend that to their advantage.

I think this comic and the snide tone that it uses is unhelpful in general, especially those consider themselves (left) libertarian and vote democrat. Those who realise the republicans cant manage a budget to save there lives, keep expanding the reach of warrant less searches, and all in all don't believe the shit they espouse. This comic drives those votes away.

*i hate that i used that expression i know

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