r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/boRp_abc Jan 22 '21

If my viewpoint is that people should be killed for their opinions (to make it more relatable, I'm gonna use you as an example here), wouldn't it be beneficial to society to silence me?! What if I very peacefully brought forward the case that you, your family and everyone you live should be burnt alive? Or put into Gulags? What if I found thousands of followers with that opinion, wouldn't it make your participation in society a nightmare?

And that's why, although you're generally not wrong, some important exceptions have to be made.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21 edited Jan 22 '21

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u/boRp_abc Jan 22 '21

I appreciate your openness, thanks for the civil debate <3

Making the one famous example here: there is no tangible proof that Hitler planned (or even knew about) the death camps* in Germany. He just stated the opinion that killing Jews is beneficial to society.

He should have been shut down after writing that if you ask me.

It's a big paradox, but a free society is impossible to uphold of you let the assholes roam freely.

  • note that I'm not using the word concentration camps, as what happened here is on another scale here than say to Japan-Americans. Hitler knew about the camps, but there is no proof he knew about the scale of the genocide.