According to them, any language that could be “extreme” is inevitably going to result in violence. This is a leftist argument, that political language inevitably results in violence, it is actually how they seek to censor speech they don’t like.
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See point number 2:
Certain ideas and opinions are now defined by their political content to be the moral equivalent of a threat to do violence and physical harm.
The Origins of "Hate Speech"
Intolerance and illiberalism, nakedly defined as abstractions or principles, are seldom if ever outwardly embraced by progressives. None but the most extreme will argue that intolerance and censorship are good things in themselves. Normally the preferred course is more subtle.
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See point number 2:
Certain ideas and opinions are now defined by their political content to be the moral equivalent of a threat to do violence and physical harm.
