Can ideas be evil? Or just actions?
If you don't believe in evil, then insert morally wrong, this thread isn't about that part. Evil is just used as an easy term.
I mean, I hate to use him as an example (Godwin damn you!) but Hitler's ideas infected a nation and caused a holocaust.
So for modern day what does this mean? Does freedom of speech really apply? I used to believe in it. Now I'm not so sure. I don't think hate spewers (such as the KKK) should be allowed to spread their evil ideas. By allowing them to exist, they create more evil.
Of course, who decides what's evil is another thing altogether...
I don't know if I'm just being particularly ornery right now or what. So what do you all think?
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