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brigandishtoday at 1:12 AM2 repliesview on HN

Fascists don't support free speech. Please, learn what that word means[0] and then use it responsibly. We're already seeing the effects of misusing and overusing several other important words for political/societal discourse, and this is one of them. It's entirely unhelpful and lowers the quality of conversation here.

[0] The Doctrine of Fascism is available, for free, in several places. Start there.


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anon7725today at 2:15 AM

Fascists do claim to support free speech while wielding the apparatus of state to ensure that any speech that they disagree with is suppressed, eg on college campuses.

bakiestoday at 2:11 AM

Elon fits the definition in Britannica pretty neatly