Reply #57: We fought in WWII to protect America, by extension protecting... [View All]

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...the Constitution, by extension protecting the First Amendment.

Germany has outlawed Nazism, thereby forcing it completely underground. The movement there is more violent, more secretive, and more mysterious - making it more attractive to disenfranchised youth.

In America, we allow those that choose to embrace that movement the right to do so, within the law, just as we allow sane Americans to speak out against it. Judging by the fact that Americans claiming to be Nazis make up a sad, withered sub-class of losers, I would say that the way of freedom has worked.

The rabbi was wrong to assault the Nazi. Laughing or ignoring him would have been a much more effective response, thereby belittling the him and the movement he stands for.