What is kind of sad is the only way to really stop communists is to give up basic politeness, civility, empathy, and benefit of the doubt

Because all of those are weaponized entry points used to hammer against wedge issues and sneak in edge cases that forward their agenda

We need a new paradigm that recognizes the inherent vulnerability in "freedom" in that expression of "individual rights" of some can be used to undermine and destroy the social structures that are meant to guarantee those rights for all.

So those "some" need to be legally oppressed in order for the whole to survive.

We can argue exactly where those lines should be drawn but it is fairly obvious that the lines do need to be drawn.