VixensVengeance wrote: When sides become this polarized war is the only option. One must violently dominate the other in order to achieve any peace. We have tried here, many times to settle the waters, smoke the peace pipe, give concessions and still those that oppose us bring war to our doorstep by calling us the aggressors, the nazis. And they call for our complete and total suppression.
Note that those calling you "the aggressors" are a minority. The majority are
not calling for your suppression.
It does not follow then that you should conclude that war is the only option. Furthermore, in an
online community,
victory does not look like "domination". Being able to effectively communicate and persuade others to truly consider your point of view is how you achieve victory in this setting.
VixensVengeance wrote: But I ask you, how is their form of oppression in denying nazis to speak any less fascist than the nazis themselves?? I ask you, no i implore you, to consider your positions here and try to see reason or war will be the result. And I will be on that front line, win or lose like my ancestors, I will fight to the death for nazis to speak their mind no matter the cost
The root problem I continue to see is quick judgments made on group identity. While I think that any person who would publicly wear a Nazi swastika is an idiot, I continue to wonder "how did that individual arrive to that place? And what does he or she
truly want?". If the actual answer is "to kill Jews (or any other person based on the idea of racial supremacy)", then that person is dangerous. But I can appreciate that the answer is sometimes that these people are fed up with being called out as privileged and made the enemy when all they want is to be able to say "I am white" without an avalanche of condemnation following.
As Jedi, we believe in freedom of speech and of association. So people are free to gather and
think whatever they want. We should hold people liable only for their
actions.
