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Yeah, that's fine. You can't really stop citizens participating in politics just because their political position is prejudice and deranged.
You can only stop their participation when they make violent threats, or otherwise break the law.
Of course I imagine CPAC are a private organisation, so have their own policy/ruling they enforce.
It's not "fine," because your actions are determined by your beliefs. They're not going to these events simply to share an ideology or philosophy, they're going to gain recruits for an intended purpose.
You might be able to have any groups found to be affiliated with Nazi beliefs labelled a terrorist organisation, as they're essentially established to spread hate and fear towards Jewish people.
But without that legal framework adjustment you will probably get arrested if you're caught punching a Nazi.
So where's the campaign to have these groups defined as terrorist organisations? I would support that.
But, as you said, it’s a private organization, focused on Conservative Political Action. What’s discussed there should more or less fit the agenda of the Republican Party, I figure if someone goes there and starts preaching socialism they’d get kicked.
The fact they aren’t kicking Nazis is at the very least admitting they’re not opposed to their ideas, and if we follow the Nazi bar analogy, they agree too.
Agreed, appealing to groups of disgruntled white men along racial and gendered lines is a long standing part of GOP strategy.
This is not the first time they've been involved with White Nationalist and Supremacist movements. Nor is it accidental.