... to stick up for, but have to anyway.
Or: I may not agree with what you have to say; in fact, I may damn well think your views make you someone a Neanderthal would disown; but I will defend, with my life, your right to say it, you miserable bastard.
Submitted for your approval: How not to react to a distasteful viewpoint.
I dislike these guys, (the Nazis, or Aryan Nations, or whatever all 25 of them are calling themselves this week) intensely. I think it's perfectly okay to dislike these guys, intensely, and to work vigorously to legally oppose them. ... but aren't we involved in a war, because some people think it's okay to violently attack those with a different viewpoint? Do some people just not care to appear better than that? I don't like to trot out platitudes, but sometimes they fit the situation: The 1st Amendment applies to everyone, even people you don't like, or it's worth nothing.
If you want to counter-protest a Nazi, laugh at him. Throwing rocks at the police does not help you prove him wrong.
