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eqfan592

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10. So all a group of people have to do to silence somebody they don't agree with...

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #9)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 09:43 AM

Sep 2012

...is riot over it and they'll be able to get that person charged with a crime and tossed in jail. Yeah, there's no possible way THAT would be exploited....

Sorry, but your definition of "inciting a riot" does not even come close to the legal definition, and I'm very thankful for that.

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The same people talking about the freedom of speech of the filmmakers... [View all] dansolo Sep 2012 OP

huh? can you elaborate? cali Sep 2012 #1

I fully support the freedom of speech of the filmmakers, MadHound Sep 2012 #2

No one asked that Dixie Chicks be legally banned from speaking their beliefs. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #3

freedom of speech Dokkie Sep 2012 #4

Yeah, assuming you mean graham4anything Sep 2012 #5

So those who planned and executed the deliberate attacks have no responsibility for what happened in ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #7

probably they are one and the same, no? graham4anything Sep 2012 #9

So all a group of people have to do to silence somebody they don't agree with... eqfan592 Sep 2012 #10

what would you have done with Hitler? Give him a parade? graham4anything Sep 2012 #12

A classic hecklers veto situation ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #13

Uncontrolled fire is an innate danger to life and limb that any rational human can comprehend TheKentuckian Sep 2012 #14

Well, I've seen several... Scootaloo Sep 2012 #6

I believe freedom of speech should be protected in both public and private arenas. Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #8

fuc k no. that's insane. Private sphere is entirely different. cali Sep 2012 #16

That makes no sense at all. MineralMan Sep 2012 #11

Ah perfect example of what the lawyer nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #15

Well that's a filthy and facially false thing to say. Thanks for the mindless OP. cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #17