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In reply to the discussion: "I support Free Speech, but I do not consider _______ Free Speech." [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)speech. No one is defending the ignorant film, but some are attacking the First Amendment claiming the slurs of some Egyptian immigrant prove Americans have too much free speech.
And sorry, but it is deeply out of touch on your part to pretend that such hate filled attacks on others are new, you know you were aware of Phelps and other hate mongers and you know you did not run around claiming the Constitution needs to be shredded because of him because the straight community said and did NOTHING to oppose Phelps, for years and years and years they did not even use their own speech to counter his. So you watched one neighbor slander another, year in and year out, and yet you claim attacks on gays do not exist?
As I recall, Chick Fil A wise, some mayors said they wanted to refuse them permits and the vast majority of Americans said we do not support that sort of thing, we will speak his hate to the ground with word, not moer discrimination. So with Chick Fil A you saw a huge defense of the First Amendment, often by the very people who were libeled by Chick Fil A.
Other than your theory that gay baiting does not exist in the US, you are very wrong to assume we all understand Chick Fil A and everyone else is withing their rights to say what they will. Many posters visiting DU think there should be laws limiting my speech, because of some asshole somewhere might say somethign to offend another asshole somewhere.