The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #85532 Message #1585562
Posted By: Grab
18-Oct-05 - 03:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Freedom of speech- Unless we disagree
Subject: RE: BS: Freedom of speech- Unless we disagree
We're confusing two things here.
Were members of the Nazi Party of 39-45 all filth? Not necessarily, because there were other reasons for being a member, not least that you and your family got to stay alive. As with the Communist parties of Eastern Europe, many did it because the alternative was literally fatal. And until pretty late on, many didn't know the fate of the Jews/homosexuals/gypsies who'd been rounded up - the official word (reinforced by newsreel footage) was that they were in work camps.
But are members of neo-Nazi movements today filth? Yes, of course. The only reason to join a neo-Nazi group today is if you believe that non-whites should be subjugated and subjected to violence, or if you're weak-willed and prepared to go along with stronger people who openly believe that, just to stay in a "tribe". Both of those can only qualify that person as filth.
As for that march, well, those neo-Nazis had freedom to their hate speech and freedom to march. They also had freedom to take the consequences of getting the crap kicked out of them. These were *not* peaceful protestors!