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In reply to the discussion: I do not condone killing ... [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)102. Seems like a slippery slope to me
With all due respect, I think that's a recipe for censorship.
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If you have a different idea of what constitutes stupidity, by all means explain it.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2015
#51
Your talking points are like a square tire, in reference to "the big picture."
demosincebirth
Jan 2015
#61
People who do the right thing because they're afraid of burning in hell are stupid.
QuestionableC
Jan 2015
#50
Did it occur to you that sometimes people who want to help others are attracted to
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#130
Well, here's the thing. I get very nervous when I see people making statements about
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#164
Except not just religion was denigrated...whole races and classes of human beings with very little
kelliekat44
Jan 2015
#96
You have every right to be offended/Insulted, but you do NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to be PREVENTED
bobalew
Jan 2015
#5
Not asking the government to censor the deliberate denigration of others by some person/organization
kelly1mm
Jan 2015
#6
I don't know if that will work anymore. Fox and RW radio have brainwashed people into believing that
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#109
And each religion has fundamentalists, and the vast majority of christians might not start
randys1
Jan 2015
#165
"the deliberate denigration of others because you do not agree with their expression of faith."
oberliner
Jan 2015
#12
So would you then agree that all religions should not be able to denigrate gay people?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#13
People gunned down by machine guns for publishing cartoons should not "own the result"
Kurska
Jan 2015
#24
When you respond to speech with violence, you lose any moral authority you had n/t
Kurska
Jan 2015
#83
Of course. There are many ways to protest when you've felt denigrated other
Luminous Animal
Jan 2015
#40
Nobody is saying that it was justified. Nobody on this board has said that it's justified.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2015
#132
If gay people were trying to murder the Phelpses, or black people were bombing Klan offices...
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2015
#42
You are correct 1SBM, with rights come responsibilities. We must begin to accept this as a whole
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#54
"Speak and act in the ways of non-violence" like Charlie Hebdo did, you mean?
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2015
#55
But the hateful and intolerant are usually pretty unreasonable about what offends them
cemaphonic
Jan 2015
#68
I have expressed views that agree with yours and been the target of insult myself.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2015
#92
Religion is a philosophy and adhering to that philosophy is not innate.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2015
#33
"does your free speech right mean I have to tolerate your intolerance?"
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2015
#35
Yes, we got it, you aren't a fan of free speech, why don't you practice what you preach and..
Humanist_Activist
Jan 2015
#91
I mostly stand with staunch defenders of free speech, but I understand your concern
whatchamacallit
Jan 2015
#46
But you do implicitly blame the victims, and that's nearly as bad. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2015
#49
i haven't looked into it much but the limits seem to be about actual historical events and actual
JI7
Jan 2015
#89
depends on what you mean by tolerate, you have a right to criticize with words, protest, and other
JI7
Jan 2015
#65
If your life or your family was being threatened would you be willing to kill an attacker ...
spin
Jan 2015
#78
Anti-Semitism is an entirely different matter one would for example never see a caricature of Moses
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2015
#97
And right there in your OP, you imply an equivalence between "offensive" speech, and murder.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2015
#93
"does your free speech right mean I have to tolerate your intolerance?"
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2015
#100
The fact that you think giving offense weighs seriously against mass murder
True Blue Door
Jan 2015
#106
So do you think Martin Scorsese should be ridiculed for his tastelessness? Paris, Oct 1988, Saint
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#120
The gunmen's motives were not what they claimed. They just found an excuse to kill.
randome
Jan 2015
#147
The people who firebombed the Last Temptation thought it was inflammatory and tasteless.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#168
that cover was over the line in ugly, imo. the issue of freedom of speech, allows me, and society
seabeyond
Jan 2015
#133
It means you don't have a right to kill someone because he has disrespected your or your idol./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2015
#139
Yes, picketing the outside of the place is the answer, not killing. When I worked near ARAMCO, which
freshwest
Jan 2015
#187
Shit, that's practically the very definition of membership in the Middle East.
randome
Jan 2015
#154
My free speech right and your beliefs are the intersection we are talking about, and it is
randys1
Jan 2015
#163
It is an issue that seems to hit real close to home for many people, and I have one other
randys1
Jan 2015
#177
Are you conflating deliberate denigration with broadcasting controversial ideas?
LiberalAndProud
Jan 2015
#181