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Boy, 15, given official warning after saluting as neo-Nazis marched through Ballarat(www.theguardian.com)

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The officers issued him an official warning after determining his actions were not racially motivated.

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“I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise.” - Karl Popper

Banning certain kinds of speech doesn’t prevent the thought behind it. The speech will continue, it just won’t be where you can police it.

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Countering fascism by rational argument and keeping it in check by public opinion has been tried. It hasn’t worked.

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