From William Gaskill
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Re Netropolitan’s views on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s call for fascist
groups to be banned from the Internet (Technology, 27 January, p 23), your
opinion that “such ideas can only be countered by argument, and not by
repression” is false.
You are obviously not experienced in combating fascists and Nazis. This is
not an argument about philosophy: it is a factual argument about how to solve a
global problem. If I were an expert on global warming, you would believe my
prescriptions for how to solve the problem. I know much more than you seem to
about fascism, and I can tell you that your liberal opinion, though motivated by
laudable sentiments, is very, very unhelpful.
Fascism is worthy of extremely determined opposition, because once it gets
established, it does appalling damage. It is not really a political philosophy;
it has no place at all in the democratic process. It must be stamped out. If you
don’t believe me, read Hitler: A Study in Tyranny by Alan
Bullock.
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