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Old 11-23-2012, 09:30 PM
 
Location: New York metropolitan area
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This is an example of what you get for "Freedom of Speech"... Only in the U.S.

Freedom of Speech should be limited. We need blashphemy law, and no hate speech!


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Old 11-23-2012, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Seriously? You feel bad for Westboro Church members who are holding signs in Brooklyn that say "Your Rabbi is a Who*re"?
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Old 11-23-2012, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Free speech does not mean someone cannot beat the crap out of ya.
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Old 11-23-2012, 09:54 PM
 
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Wow, a sign saying...thank god for sept 11. What's that all about. Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing but it has consequences. I would have wanted to punch that guy out and then probably get arrested. I'm thinking it might be worth it though. That is my freedom of speech
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Old 11-23-2012, 09:56 PM
 
Location: New York metropolitan area
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Seriously? You feel bad for Westboro Church members who are holding signs in Brooklyn that say "Your Rabbi is a Who*re"?
No, my point was there should be NO hate speech signs!
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Old 11-23-2012, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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No, my point was there should be NO hate speech signs!
Oh, so you hate free speech, a linchpin of democracy. Much better.
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:13 PM
 
Location: Texas
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No, my point was there should be NO hate speech signs!
Sorry, we have something called the First Amendment.

Westboro is disgusting, but they have a right to spew their hate.
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:16 PM
 
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No, my point was there should be NO hate speech signs!
Here's the problem with that, if we ask one thousand people what their definition of hate speech is you're going to get one thousand different answers. So who gets to decide? A government bureaucrat? Me? You?

Limiting free speech no matter how disgusting it may be is a very slippery slope.
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:26 PM
 
Location: Area 51.5
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Westboro has the right to be stupid.

Everybody else has the right to ignore them.
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:33 PM
 
Location: NC
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Freedom of Speech should be limited. We need blashphemy law, and no hate speech!
Absolutely not. Blashphemy laws are repugnant to the Constitution and freedom generally. Around the world they are most often implemented in such a way that they are used as tool to squash religious dissent from atheists and minority religions alike.
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