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Yes, free speech is unconditional, otherwise it's not free speech. There's a world of difference between tolerating an opinion and endorsing it.
If you don't know how people feel, how can you adequately respond to them? How can you adequately expect to persuade them thay they are wrong? How can you adequately expect to have any kind of truly meaningful discourse with them? And how can you possibly expect to see the bigots for what they really are? How will you stop them building up support? A number of scattered bigots is certainly preferable to a group of organised, empowered underground bigots.
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