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el_bryanto

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11. Free speech means that people are going to say hateful, hurtful things.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 01:19 PM

Jul 2014

If they advocate violence against those websites directly than that's one thing, but otherwise they are probably in the clear.

That said, it's one thing to talk about what people should be allowed to say and what they should say. While I think they should be allowed to say this stuff, I also think that they go too far towards painting people who disagree with them as monsters.

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Mike Adams (of NaturalNews), Monsanto, Nazis, and a Very Disturbing Article [View all] HuckleB Jul 2014 OP

DU rec... SidDithers Jul 2014 #1

Thanks! HuckleB Jul 2014 #2

+ underpants Jul 2014 #3

Disturbing. Needs to be exposed far and wide. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #4

My thoughts exactly. HuckleB Jul 2014 #27

Even for NaturalNews, that's batty. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #5

Exactly!!!!!! HuckleB Jul 2014 #18

So this is a bogus smear against the 90% of Americans who GMOs labelled? KurtNYC Jul 2014 #6

I'm not focusing GMOs. HuckleB Jul 2014 #9

And a strong connection to gun control. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #7

I'm confused by your post. HuckleB Jul 2014 #10

The former head of Monsanto PR was Shannon Watts, Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #14

What does that have to do with Mike Adams' bizarre articles? HuckleB Jul 2014 #15

I'm no fan of Monsanto, and don't read Adam's stuff. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #31

Your responses don't seem to be on topic. HuckleB Jul 2014 #32

that sort of rhetoric is part of a broader anti-science movement.... mike_c Jul 2014 #8

Like I've been saying, the left has their version of climate change deniers wyldwolf Jul 2014 #29

Free speech means that people are going to say hateful, hurtful things. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #11

Indeed. HuckleB Jul 2014 #12

"it is the moral right... of human beings everywhere to actively plan and carry out the killing" mathematic Jul 2014 #17

It appears that Monsanto's internet corporate trolls are driving even hard core conservatives over Zorra Jul 2014 #13

Ah, it's all the shill gambit's fault. HuckleB Jul 2014 #16

I don't know what's happened to Adams GliderGuider Jul 2014 #19

From my perspective, his aim has always been to make money. HuckleB Jul 2014 #20

On the principle that there's no such thing as bad publicity? Maybe. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #23

I don't disagree, but he's always been anti-vaccine, while promoting some bizarre treatments. HuckleB Jul 2014 #24

His 'OMG there's fibers in Chicken McNuggets' expose is some of the funniest unintentional humour... SidDithers Jul 2014 #22

+1 HuckleB Jul 2014 #35

I agree. Delphinus Jul 2014 #28

Mike Adams is a fucking moron. Codeine Jul 2014 #21

Yup. HuckleB Jul 2014 #30

These charlatans have "always" been with us etherealtruth Jul 2014 #25

Exactly. HuckleB Jul 2014 #26

Vandana Shiva Posts Mike Adams' Screed On Her Site. HuckleB Jul 2014 #33

Mike Adams Tries To Blame Monsanto But Gets Caught Lying, As Usual HuckleB Jul 2014 #34

FBI turns up heat on Mike Adams as ‘Health Ranger’ fiasco widens, plus Adams’ archive HuckleB Jul 2014 #36