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[Black Aeronaut]

There's a reason why they come down so hard on Neonazi rhetoric in Germany.  They educate their children quite well on the events that led up to WWII.  And as such, they feel there's no excuse for falling into the same trap all over again.  It's like saying, "We have explained with excruciating detail why we do not like Nazis.  Nazis are bad.  Do not be or even pretend to be a Nazi."

Whereas here in the USA, we've allowed the rhetoric to flow, provided, "Fine, so long as you don't promote violence in public forums."

Trouble is, they take that kind of talk into private forums where no one is likely to report them for calling for violent acts.  You can see how this undermines the intent of the First Amendment - where people are not to be penalized for voicing their opinions, but should not be exempted from the consequences.

The Founding Fathers vastly underestimated the harm toxic ideas can do.  Sure, you can claim, "But I don't think we should hurt people."  But that's a load of bull if the core of your message is "Ethnicity X is better than Ethnicity Y."  The only logical outcome for that line of thinking is harm, and on a grand scale at that.