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Because it's just a thought experiment that is taken dogmatically, while in reality is just used by fascists to censor the free speech
It's a thought experiment that was born out of the fucking Nuremberg Trials, you pillock. It was a reflection of what we did wrong as humanity. It's hardly just some essay some bloke wrote. FFS pick up a history book once or twice.
So, you have no arguments against it, you just don't like that people use it to shut out intolerant discourse?
By the way, it's not "just a thought experiment". It's a philosophical principle that Popper put out there as self-preservation for democratic societies. You can argue its merits all you want, but you haven't so far.