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A quotation from Henry Commager

But this we can say with certainty: a government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way. This we can say: that what is essential in a free society is that there should be an atmosphere where those who wish to dissent and even to demonstrate can do so without fear of recrimination or vilification.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

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You can certainly call their beliefs repugnant and evil. Their voicing of that dissent from a (I hope) general belief is, in itself, not something that can be legally punished without allowing the same treatment of anyone who publicly dissents from any "general beliefs" of the day (or what the government says are the "general beliefs").
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