Humans create all ideas, past, present, and future, which socially end up as ideologies, religions, etc.
However, humans also live in an inner world formed by, as we interpret and call them, feelings, emotions, etc.
Both worlds are always never total or complete, but we have to live with them (our world) and each other (socially), sometimes progressively sometimes destructively.
What is the measure of acceptance and tolerance towards individuals who are inherently destructive either while seeking power or when in power?
Should we stop our tolerance and acceptance towards those we can easily identify as being potentially having that profile (for example, to protect our difficult achieved Democracies?)
Democracy is a historical process, fragile if we do not keep the limits of tolerance and respect enforced by the law and order and its values assimilated by the new born or people coming in.
For ex: I am tolerant to any different culture (culture as behaviour, it include religions), but I would not accept being submitted by one (culture) who drive its social existence with just one goal, to reach power and force people to be like them (never really achieving that despite the demise of millions).
Should we accept free public voices or public opinions, as we establish for ourselves, for those NOT accepting our historical democratic values?
Can we define precisely our values as positive entities instead declaring them as, We/You cannot do this, etc.?
Boy, that is a slippery slope. The marketplace of ideas has to remain as free & open as possible. Except for the "You can't yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater example, free speech should never be infringed. If ideas & ideals that counter un-democratic postures can't prevail then we have many serious problems that actually go well beyond those postures! Once a limit is placed, that limit starts to grow, & who will be making those decisions?
No doubt we cannot put limits on freedom of expression, but aren't we being high-jacketed by those with tight limits forcing us to respect them? It's the two way, it works for us, it makes sense, and it works for them as they can use our coherency to blackmail us on our openness and need to be coherent. Yes, I believe we should take many writings literally and forcing those who follow or have the power to change them outside or inside ideologies (and religions vying for power as well) to retract any text (HOLY for most, meaning inviolable) that promotes violence, criminal acts, etc. It already is illegal (in UK) downloading texts teaching how to create BOOOMS...but again, the limits, they are there already (and not on our side). Our law is clear about physical threats, murder threats, etc. It is time to enforce it in a different way. Any text followed by one or many people should not promote or guide people or a congregation to maim, torture, or kill anyone. Thanks.