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lumberjack_jeff

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17. Wait... what?

Reply to Igel (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 12:41 PM

Mar 2012

me; "We prosecute actions, not speech".
you; "That's the problem. Offensive speech lowers test scores. For instance, if a black teen gets murdered, it affects school performance for a week"

Free speech in this country is a strength, not a problem. Westboro baptist church has the right to picket funerals. We have a right to ostracize them for it.

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"To Each Their Own": Does it give bigots a pass? [View all] HughBeaumont Mar 2012 OP

These are people who grew-up watching Al Sharpton debate the KKK on The Richard Bey Show. Ian David Mar 2012 #1

Intolerance, like porn, may be tricky to define, yet easy to spot Lemonwurst Mar 2012 #2

I am never tolerent of bigots. bowens43 Mar 2012 #3

When their bigotry starts to harm others siligut Mar 2012 #4

To Each their own JustAnotherGen Mar 2012 #5

As long as you don't whip it out in public, you can masturbate anywhere you like. TalkingDog Mar 2012 #6

What is the practical response? Or rather, what can be done in practical terms? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #7

People are entitled to be wrong. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #8

Yet they aren't entitled to victimize. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #11

The victimization which results from calling you a big poopyhead is questionable. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #12

And that's the problem. Igel Mar 2012 #15

Wait... what? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #17

To each their own is fine so long as everyone lives by it. EOTE Mar 2012 #9

Bigots want us to Tolerate Them, Because They are COwards fascisthunter Mar 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #13

I support the right of people to be fundamentalists or bigots in their own houses XemaSab Mar 2012 #14

When intolerance has a bigger microphone because it is better funded Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #16