Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says

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Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says
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Paradox of tolerance at work here. The Fascist's broke the social contract of tolerance, therefore we should not tolerate them...

It's Italy. They elect them instead.

to be fair we seem to be doing it everywhere around the world lately

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise." - Karl Popper

Heres an extended quote conveniently people tend to leave out the second part. If they are not a risk to public order they are successfully being countered by rational argument and public opinion. Once they step over that line charge em but untill then i say let em be. Respect their right to be dumbasses cunts.

I agree, but we absolutely gotta keep tabs on these idiots. Evil always loses.