The Australasian Kingdom wrote:Innocent groups are groups that do not engage in conflict or try to start Conflict. the MT Army however target these groups a lot.
Ahem - fascist groups are in no way innocent. Fascism stands for oppression, curtailing political and civil rights, enslavement, discrimination, imprisonment, and political violence. Fascism is not an opinion, it is a crime.
"What about free speech?" is an argument often heard. But this is a false equivalency. Even if not persuaded by the sheer moral argument against Fascism, we need only to take a look at the law in effect in many democratic states: Fascists' right to free speech, while often not completely taken away, is rightfully curtailed in many European countries, not just by laws against the advocation of violence or racial hatred, but also more directly such as in Germany, Austria, or France, who all explicitly outlaw Nazi parties, for example. This is well within the Convention of Human Rights and the European Human Rights Convention. The European Human Rights Court has ruled on several provisions by these countries and has found that where such a danger to social and democratic order exists, the right to free speech can be limited in such a way. The above examples show the violent danger this ideology poses that, at its very core, includes hatred and violence. That is why exactly in the interest of free speech and democracy, fascism needs to be fought. Fascism in this regard is like child pornography, a form of expression that at its core represents a crime and therefore is reasonably not protected by democracy.
The same applies to this game: The internet is a good platform for fascists to spread their kind of hatred and, it is in the interest of all of us to prevent this movement of hatred and discrimination from growing by recruiting here. Whether roleplayed or real doesn't matter, if it contributes to the spread of fascist ideas, it needs to be curtailed and denied a platform. Of course, this game is not the entire internet, but as long as we have some means at our disposal to help prevent fascism from spreading, we need to use them to the best of our abilities in order to at least take an admittedly tiny, but still important step against the danger this ideology represents in real life. It's not bullying if we ban the bully from the schoolyard and thereby prevent them from hitting other kids.
The fight must continue until the last fascist is convinced he or she is wrong and until nobody can spread this ideology anymore because it has become completely unacceptable in every way.
(credits to Socialist Space Republic)
And I don't think the Swastika on your flag will do you any help in finding allies to fight MT with.
