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earthside

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31. Actually, it is.

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 11:11 AM

Dec 2013

Unless you are just speaking metaphorically.

We should be grateful in a quirky kind of way that our right to free speech makes it so easy to identify the bigots, racists and haters.

Indeed, however, this Duck fellow is finding out that truly 'hate is not free' ... there are consequences for using freedom of speech to voice intolerance.

Remembering the Nazis in Skokie - Geoffrey R. Stone; HuffingtonPost.com; April 19, 2009

The outcome of the Skokie controversy was one of the truly great victories for the First Amendment in American history. It proved that the rule of law must and can prevail. Because of our profound commitment to the principle of free expression even in the excruciatingly painful circumstances of Skokie more than thirty years ago, we remain today the international symbol of free speech. (Ultimately, a deal was worked out and the Nazis agreed to march in Chicago rather than in Skokie.)

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I really don't mind what he said. bigwillq Dec 2013 #1

I agree yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #4

Funny thing is that no one really cares about what he said, but she always JaneyVee Dec 2013 #5

always told my kids you can say whatever you want rurallib Dec 2013 #10

Good advice! bigwillq Dec 2013 #15

That is something way too many people don't seem to get. LisaLynne Dec 2013 #35

Excellent... WCGreen Dec 2013 #51

I tried to point this out to a guy this morning who was whining about losing free speech. Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #16

And don't forget about the retail $$$... No DUplicitous DUpe Dec 2013 #46

Inbreds seem to stick together, TheCowsCameHome Dec 2013 #2

hate speech sarah, hate spanone Dec 2013 #3

Hate is not free speech liberal N proud Dec 2013 #6

Actually, it is. earthside Dec 2013 #31

Too many of these type of shows packman Dec 2013 #7

I call it dumb fuck TV Botany Dec 2013 #14

Palin goes full metal illiterate with her tweet on Duck Dynasty Botany Dec 2013 #8

Queen of word salads. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #9

Just her way of trying to stay in the news SummerSnow Dec 2013 #26

So his "personal opinion" is "free speech" but people's opinion of him SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #11

Exactly. Always the victim. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #12

And his "personal opinion" of intolerance and hatin' isn't in any way JUDGMENT! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2013 #49

Take on us all? ....... Is the Wasilla Wolf Killa appointing herself leader of a revolution? marmar Dec 2013 #13

the duck guy is an employee of the network dembotoz Dec 2013 #17

Free Speech is not "consequence-free speech" Maeve Dec 2013 #18

Yes, it's amazing how many people miss that little distinction . . . hatrack Dec 2013 #20

who asked her what she thinks warrior1 Dec 2013 #19

He is free to say any idiot thing he wants workinclasszero Dec 2013 #21

Amazing that someone that ignorant of what the First Amendment really says Mike Daniels Dec 2013 #22

The First Amendment only applies to state actors Gothmog Dec 2013 #23

Pure Palin Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #24

Hatin' is for folksiness, yes, and also for the sound bite catchiness. yellowcanine Dec 2013 #29

Yes, but there is no sound for a sound bite on Twitter; which makes it ham fisted fake Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #34

I wonder if people realize that some staffer does this type of stuff for Palin. Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #41

Sure. But s/he is turning out stuff Palin approves of putting out there.... Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #43

Which just proves that some people will do anything for money. Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #44

Ouch. It hurts just to think about that. n/t Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #45

Someone should ask Sarah if the Dixie Chicks had their "free speech" violated. Mike Daniels Dec 2013 #25

Or Martin Bashir, just last week she was celebrating his firing Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #32

^ This. AzDar Dec 2013 #52

What other kind of opinion is there than a "personal opinion"???? And if you voice an opinion, yellowcanine Dec 2013 #27

Well, there are informed opinions, scholarly opinions, expert opinions, etc. HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #42

and why should anyone give a flying f*ck about anything she says? hobbit709 Dec 2013 #28

Her 15 minutes was up before she even got started. Thanks for that, John McCain. yellowcanine Dec 2013 #30

I'm so SICK of hearing that this is a free-speech issue! CoffeeCat Dec 2013 #33

Pigs before swine Blue Owl Dec 2013 #36

Boy can she salad up a one sentence statement. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2013 #37

Her Twitter feed shenmue Dec 2013 #38

Forming a sentence that makes a lick of sense is also endangered, thanks to you Sarah ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 #39

those "intolerants" are just voicing their own free speech rights fishwax Dec 2013 #40

You know, I've never even heard of this show before Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #47

Tommy Lee Jones weighs in on Sarah Palin and Duck Dynasty. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2013 #48

I opened this thinking it HAD to be a pardy. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #50

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Two words Sarah HarveyDarkey Dec 2013 #54

Hahahaha!!!! I'll bet the people in Alaska are so glad that she resigned as Governor. Major Hogwash Dec 2013 #55

Here is a good explanation of the state actor requirement Gothmog Dec 2013 #56