Speech does not turn people into Nazis. Speech is a tool, but there are many tools out there. As for their actions having no justification, that is wrong. Morally its wrong, and, the original German belief is not backed by science, but, there are ways that people can contort themselves to believe things that are untrue. That is a much longer and very different discussion.
Speech does not cause Nazis. Speech is not an ideal to uphold beyond it being a tool that they want to have, but, prevent others from having.
Let’s go back to my original suggestion that if you look at what causes Nazis, you will see why speech is important. This didn’t mean that speech causes Nazis, but that what causes Nazis makes speech important. I was trying to suggest that you would see the connection if you see the cause.
I can outline how I see this but my past experience with your opinions suggest to me you may resist it:
1. We all hate ourselves but handle it differently.
2. All hate of others is self hate.
3. Self hate has its origins in being put down as children creating shame and self loathing we could not consciously survive.
4. One way to handle that pain is to seek revenge by getting back at those who put us down by proving our abusers right.
5. The failure of many to find any comfort or support, those who had it really bad, turn from seeking love and support to seeking attention.
6. The desire for revenge and the seeking of negative attention creat the exibitionist bad boy or bad girl, those who gravitate to express themselves in ways stereotypically thought of as disgusting.
7. In this way, collections of negative attention seekers gravitate into various odious cults where how well they manifest bad behavior gives them purpose and a sense of worth.
8. The accolades thus engendered correlate with the offense given to the norms and standards of decency. This is done via both verbal and physical expression. They seek therefore to protect their speech because it is a major component of how they offend.
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