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In the early 1960s, a most unlikely correspondence took place between the life-long anti-fascist and Nobel-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell, and the founder of the British Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley, who wanted to debate the former about their political differences. In his response to Mosley, Russell pondered on "how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one's own." Russell continued to describe how "every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practise of fascism." Ultimately, it was the "intensity of this conviction" that lead Russell to the decision that all further conversation with a fascist like Mosley would be absolutely futile: "I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us" (Russell, cited in Clark, 1976, p. 571)¹. No. Debate me! Debate me! Debate me!...

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