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Comment author: ChristianKl 27 May 2015 04:28:28PM 2 points [-]

Making public policy because you are afraid of a single scenario is bad. It makes more sense to build public policy based on principles.

I don't think that forbidding speech is an efficient tool to prevent rioting. In many cases it's going to polarize. It makes much more sense to focus on the criminality of blackmailing store owners because you can get agreement on that not being okay.

The UK switched from speaking of fundamentalist Muslims to speaking about violent extremism precisely because making the argument that violent extremism is bad is much easier.