Even the ideas are wrong, the people holding those ideas still need to be protected. These two are the two sides of the same coin, one can't survive without the other. Failure in protecting the minority and unpopular ideas is the main reason why democratic movements failed around the world.
Chinese way of "斗争哲学/side with me or die" or "为达目的不择手段" or "因言制罪", will never lead China to democracy. In fact, that kind of belief will doom China forever.
民主“自由”,不仅少数服从多数,还包括保护少数派意见。
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• 仅仅提倡少数服从多数,很容易导致多数人的暴政。 -悟空孙- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2014 postreply 10:42:30
• Yep, it has been the case here :) -ZoyaWashington- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2014 postreply 10:45:32