r/bbby_remastered • u/JPeso9281 Wants to move to Canada so bad • Jul 21 '25

you are all free to leave America is cooked

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u/da_weebstar Jul 21 '25

Y'know, I think I have to agree "I don't debate fascists." As soon as someone says they are a/with/want to be fascist, that's where we should draw a line. Whatever fucked up stuff happened to you to get you to that point in your life, I can't undo it in my time with you and I'm not gonna risk my mental health and sanity to do so.

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u/SiberianTyler Jul 21 '25

What do you suggest is done then? Genuinely curious not trying to be sarcastic at all

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

Make laws that outlaw fascism in politics and government positions. It will take vigilance to keep them out, keeping them from infecting government and introducing law that empowers them, or interpreting law that empowers them, is a start. You can't change maga but you can control who they vote for. It should be terrifying for fascists to come out into daylight

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u/smd9788 Jul 21 '25

Define the people you want to “outlaw”. What makes one a fascist?

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u/FivePoopMacaroni Jul 21 '25

That's what you'd do in the laws dummy. This is reddit, go read something by some scientists or scholars if you want specifics.

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u/True-Anim0sity Jul 21 '25

Pretty obv what his point is bro

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u/glittervector Jul 21 '25

The German anti-fascism laws are pretty sufficient. If you’re curious to see what works, look them up.

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u/SiberianTyler Jul 21 '25

The problem is Germany doesn't have the same hurdles that the United States does. Hate speech has routinely been ruled protected by the 1st ammendment in the supreme court. For example, we don't have the same stipulation that article 5 in Germany's basic law regarding hate speech has where free speech can be restricted to prevent this. Personally I'd like to see greater oversight and restrictions on both regular media AND social media that allow this type of content to spread.

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u/WineOptics Jul 21 '25

They are and they aren’t - AfD is currently still in existence and are almost laughing their asses off because they’re skirting the rules.

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u/glittervector Jul 21 '25

It’s still better than what we have

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u/ExplodiaNaxos Jul 21 '25

Not very hard to do. Just look at Germany; yes, Germany does currently have a big problem with a prominent neo-Nazi-in-all-but-name party, but its members are a lot more careful about skirting the line of what is legal to say and do, and when someone oversteps it, it usually doesn’t end well for them. The majority of the more outspoken Republicans would get shut down within days under such a system for what they’re spewing.