>Andy and Carol: I dislike Skrewdriver and I don't think hatred is
>"tolerable"--but freedom of speech is! [You opened up a whole new can of
>worms there. . .]
Cait - don't think Andy opened it (no one has actually stood up for
racist-era Skrewdriver - he just said he didn't want to share a list with
any Nazis. A fair enough comment. A real world comparison I've mentioned
before on here - about 1992 there was a good club in Bristol called The Love
Cage (60s soul, garage and beat). Used to go over and stay with a friend of
mine - anyway he had words with the promoters about them letting in people
with Blood and Honour tatoos and patches, and received a similar line about
'tolerating other people beliefs' - some people stopped coming (in protest)
and eventually club was closed by venue owners due to their violence
(thankfully directed to smashing glasses over each others heads - another
benefit of the in-fighting in most extreme groups). Also, Andy doesn't have
any power to force people off the list, and telling Nazis to fuck off is
free speech too (even if our original poster has made clear he's not one).
Just like telling Embrace fans to f-off, or imposing anti-scooterist dress
codes at rallies.
It's a modslist after all. . .
>If you don't make an attempt--pressure them to
>justify their prejudices--then you can consider yourself "part of the
>problem."
Have you actually met 15 stone of pig-shit thick Nazi muscle, and put this
into practice? Amazing what the fear of a good punching can do.
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