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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Liberals believe in free speech.

It's called the "paradox of tolerance."

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you actually read that essay, its thesis is that the threat of nazis is so imminent and acute that it justifies censorship of the right and free speech for the left. In the 1960s. Yes, he really said that. Popper was an inveterate authoritarian. He'd have put you in the camps, too.