While speaking about Goebbels, a Nazi politician and the Minister of Propaganda of Germany between 1933 – 1945 and one of Hitler’s closes associates, Noam Chomsky noted that “Goebbels was in favour of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin.” He went on to state that as defenders of free speech and as opponents of fascism “If you’re really in favour of free speech, then you’re in favour of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favour of free speech.”