Discussing the limits of free speech for the left

 So, my previous article on not tolerating the intolerant was primarily aimed at the right, particularly fascist types. However, one might wonder what about the left? Should tankies get the same treatment and stuff like that?

And the answer is yes. If you're on the left, and you're outright an authoritarian communist who advocates for violence and revolution, you should get the same treatment as a fascist. Once again, fined and possibly disqualified from repeated offenses if running for office. Cancelled by people for openly expressing such views in the public square.

However, I would like to point out that this should only apply to TANKIES. I want to keep the act of cancelling and deplatforming for the worst of the worst. I actually am a believer in free speech and a huge reason ive been reluctant to get on board with cancelling or deplatforming people is just how slippery that slope is. We've had red scares in America before over communism. And in those red scares, we didnt just go after die hard communists sympathetic to the Soviet Union. We went after labor activists, liberals, democratic socialists, that sort of thing. And that's not okay. Should people be fired from their job for trying to organize and form a union? Should I be fired for expressing overt anti work views? Should views that advocate for a redistribution of wealth via taxation be deemed "violence" as some far right libertarians would argue? No. And quite frankly, on the right, I dont think all right wing views should be cancelable either, even if i disagree with them or find them distasteful. 

My view is this. if your views are compatible with liberal democracy, ie, they generally respect the democratic process, constitutional rights, and dont advocate for overt or systemic violence against people, they should be allowed. We should allow views to the greatest extent reasonably possible. Again, the whole thing that got this started was on the idea of tolerating the intolerant. Tolerate doesnt mean to like, it means to put up with. You dont have to like everyone. You dont have to have positive views on everyone, but you do have to tolerate their existence, respect their rights, and not try to kill or oppress them, ya know? That's what it's really about. I just think we should be cracking down on these sick fricks who want to end democracy, impose dictatorship on people, and put people they don't like in literal gulags or concentration camps. That's all I'm saying. Anything short of fascism or tankie ideology should be okay in my book. I'm just starting to think that yeah, democracy and free society need some defense mechanisms against the whackjob extremists because they're starting to get in power and actually do the batcrap insane things they used to "joke" about. Ya know? As long as youre not talking about ending democracy and imposing dictatorship, or killing people or putting them in camps, you're good.