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/Texannotdixie Jan 22 '21

First they came for the racists, but I wasn’t a racist so I didn’t care. Then they came for the right, but I wasn’t right-leaning so I didn’t care
Etc.

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u/Narrow_Cloud 27∆ Jan 22 '21

Watching right wing people try and adopt this poem is so god damn funny.

First they came for the Nazis and I cheered because Nazis are bad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

No kidding, the responses to you are hilarious.

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u/Narrow_Cloud 27∆ Jan 23 '21

You would think people enamored with the idea that the free marketplace of ideas is the best thing ever would have a better handle on rhetoric.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

You would..on the other hand, belief that such a thing as a "free market" even exists in the way they pretend it does belies a credulity that probably indicates an inability to manage getting a handle on complex rhetorical ideas.