Neo Nazis And Free Speech
Neo-Nazi’s are entitled to the same First Amendment rights under the Constitution as all other American citizens. Simply because a group expresses beliefs which are unpopular and generally considered to be “wrong” does not mean that the group is no longer entitled to free speech. When people are given true freedom of speech, it should be understood that there are always going to be differences in opinions, and that the opinions held by some people will almost invariably be seen as offensive to at least some other people. If the government were to try and censor everything that anyone felt was offensive, then eventually no one would be able to voice their opinion on anything anymore, and the problem with censoring Neo-Nazis and other extreme racist groups is that it opens the door to just this sort of thing. What’s more, no one is being forced to listen to anything that the Neo-Nazi’s have to say, so the argument that they are causing people irreparable “mental anguish” is just plain invalid because anyone who doesn’t agree with what they have to say can just walk away. The people who think that the Neo-Nazi’s should be censored simply because their ideas are hurtful to other people need to grow up an
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