"The Germans, in the 20’s and 30’s, by allowing the Nazis free speech, were able to counter Nazi lies ..."

A comment too good to be missed. It is from the post of Jonathan Turley from May "Poll: Only 18 Percent Of Germans Feel Free To Voice Views In Public". Would not go down well in Good Ol', but who cares.

The Germans, in the 20’s and 30’s, by allowing the Nazis free speech, were able to counter Nazi lies and insure the triumph of freedom. Tolerating intolerance is the path to freedom, as the free speech in Germany (and the US where hate speech against native Americans and African slaves led to their thriving) during the Weimar Republic clearly demonstrates.

Those who oppose speech which promotes discrimination and violence against others are the real opponents of free speech, for hate speech is the epitome of free speech….until it totally crushes it, as history teaches us.  

If you cant vilify others in rhetoric of collective libel, what is the point of free speech? The freedom to promote hatred and crushing the rights of others is the heart of free speech. Isn’t it?"