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In reply to the discussion: Philly buses ordered to accept ads featuring Hitler & 1941 Palestinian leader [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)you have some point you want to make, and the only way you can think to do it is to make some other person the patsy, even if you have to paint a false picture of their ideas to do it. I've spent all evening arguing with Walter, and still he keeps insisting arguing write past me at some target he has made up just to display his First Amendment points.
It seems like the best "logic" in the world means nothing if you are arguing against a fake opponent.
It does not make me "weak on the First Amendment" to think that the Supreme Court might find a limit in the "Hitler in the Quran" ad. It does not mean I have a "politically correct" character. It does not mean I want to legislate against "offensive" speech. It does not mean I don't thank of the 1st Amendment as a cornerstone of the Constitution. It just means I think THAT case could have brought up 1st amendment boundaries.
Now imagine if you lived in a world where guys like YOU ran it and constantly dealt in fictions about other people instead of the actual situation. Hmm...wasn't that Rome under Nero...?