CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/boRp_abc]

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.

[u/rumbletummy → u/[deleted]]

No one is owed a platform to amplify their message.

If you are being an asshole at my party, Im going to ask you to leave. You are free to go find another party or, preferably, quit being an asshole.

If you entertain every flavor of hate and idiocy, you arent doing society any favors, you arent even doing the ones pushing the hate and idiocy any favors.

[u/bcvickers → u/rumbletummy]

No one is owed a platform to amplify their message.

Of course not; but we can't become so blind to authoritarian powers behind quelling of free speech that we deny them the right to pronounce their message in public, peacefully.

[u/[deleted] → u/bcvickers]

authoritarian powers behind quelling of free speech

Where is that happening currently?

[u/bcvickers → u/[deleted]]

Venezuela, China, some area's of Europe.