what if that persuasion is not logic, but propaganda, and the end result of following said goals is the loss of your way of life? What if lies are held as truth and money allows the lies to be repeated so often many don't even realize their axioms are baseless? What happens to the sheep when the wolves vote to eat the sheep?
> what if that persuasion is not logic, but propaganda
The answer to bad speech is more speech. If you refuse to do that then you are not convinced of being right -- you lose the argument when you resort to violence or justify resorting to violence over speech.
Unless you actually have the ability to deploy the military, it's genuinely stupid to leap to this conclusion.
To be clear, this is not an insult or ad hominem. You have to actually be stupid to think random citizens can magically deploy the military just by saying so. This is personal moral failure on your part, no different than being a liar, thief, murderer.
what if that persuasion is not logic, but propaganda, and the end result of following said goals is the loss of your way of life? What if lies are held as truth and money allows the lies to be repeated so often many don't even realize their axioms are baseless? What happens to the sheep when the wolves vote to eat the sheep?