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Not how it works. The first amendment explicitly allows you to disagree with the founding philosophy of the country. In fact it's sort of the whole point.
My opinion? It's better to have these guys out in the open where you can see them. If you try and suppress them by shutting down their protests or arresting them you have
A) opened the door for the government to do that with any radically perceived movement in the future. Any leftist protest movement could easily be shut down under similar pretense
B) you turn the guys into martyrs for the cause. Just like Trump's indictments improved his polling numbers, these Nazis would likewise see a surge in popularity.
C) suppressing ideas doesn't make them suddenly go away. You just push it underground where it becomes even more radical without the moderating influence from the mainstream.
Why are people becoming open Nazis? Consider the source of the problem. The worse the economic situation is historically, the more radical people become. Florida has the highest inflation in the country, relatively low wages and relatively high cost of living.
It's not a coincidence that the Nazis came to power right after the Great Depression. We need to fix the economic situation and fast.
Something I learned about the Rwandan genocides in 1994 is that comparing humans to insects is one of the first steps of genocidal ideology.
Why do you think I'm arguing with you?
Yeah, I wasn't taking issue. I was providing information.