Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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EpicRandy said:

CGI-Quality said:

Fascism is actually a far-right nationalist's way of thinking and "Antifa" (and I use quotations since that group is nothing close to organized) doesn't have widespread support of an authoritarian government. So calling them "fascists" is about as loose as it gets and I wouldn't put them in that category even if I can see why they would be lumped in.

That said, I heard about their shutting down of Ben Shapiro from a college campus. Of course I feel people should have a right to speak (so long as they don't advocate for violence), but I can also see why someone like him has folks trying to shut them down. There are just several layers that need to be considered.

In the case of Putin, he gets no such forgiveness. 

The right to speak doesn't come with the obligation from anyone to offer you a stage to speak. Refusing to hear someone you don't agree with from speaking using your medium is actually, in and of itself, an exercise of your own right to speak.

Well Putin is certainly going into extremes exercising his right to speak then :P