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Friday, August 12, 2005

Unless and until there arises a real threat to the open society

Setting Limits on Tolerance By Charles Krauthammer Friday, August 12, 2005; Page A19 In 1977, when a bunch of neo-Nazis decided to march through Skokie, a suburb of Chicago heavily populated with Holocaust survivors, there was controversy as to whether they should be allowed. I thought they should. Why? Because neo-Nazis are utterly powerless. Had they not been -- had they been a party on the rise, as in late-1920s Germany -- I would have been for not only banning the march but also for... Sign in to see full entry.

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