Dennis Prager argues that left-wing activists pursue totalitarianism by silencing dissent and labeling opponents as fascists, Nazis, and racists to delegitimize them. He contrasts this with the 1977 Skokie case, where liberal Jews defended Nazis' right to march in a Holocaust survivor community, illustrating a commitment to free speech over suppression.
In their heart, all leftists would like to be totalitarian. The proof is they shut down all dissent. Your existence as an anti-leftist must be gotten rid of. We don't have that. We're perfectly fine if you dissent against conservatism. It's a non-issue. I remember I was a kid when Nazis, real Nazis, okay, when people understood what Nazi meant, wanted to march in Skokie, Illinois with these sadists picked because there were Holocaust survivors living there. It's a Jewish suburb, so to speak, of Chicago. And liberal Jews said, "Look, that's what freedom of speech is about. The most evil people around are allowed to say what they want to say. They can march in a Jewish neighborhood of Holocaust survivors." But that's a liberal view. The left-wing view is we suppress all dissent and we will destroy you in any way we can. And they try in every way they can. Fascist, Hitler, Nazi, racist. I mean, all these terms are used against anyone who dissents against them.
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