• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Wanting to exterminate ideas is definitely not a fascist tendency.

    From the same guy that said he wanted to “cure” autism. Surely you must jest.

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        4 days ago

        I’d say eliminating patriarchy or fascism is coercive, but not (necessarily) authoritarian and definitely not fascist:

        • Coercive because you’re using force to suppress the idea (e.g. punching Nazis, canceling abusers.)
        • Anti-authoritarian if the people are organically self-organizing to punch Nazis. More authoritarian if a centralized power is drafting people to punch Nazis.
        • Not fascist because fascism is inherently far-right, and predicated on enforcing a “natural” power hierarchy.

        The Paradox of Tolerance justifies the forceful suppression of fascism and patriarchy. But imo you have to be careful - I limit my application of the Paradox of Tolerance to ideas that intrinsically cannot coexist with freedom of thought.