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In reply to the discussion: Taking a radical right-wing position on the part of an outgroup is not "liberalism." [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)64. True, but
there's always a but - we have gotten over using a lot of offensive names - dago, honkey (slovanic), redskins, spics, n......, and a whole bunch of nastiness aimed toward southerners - marrying your sister, sex with the dog, etc., do you think it's okay to bring this garbage back because of freedom of speech?
In time, people with common sense will not want to hurt Moslems by insulting their Prophet. I hope the time passes quickly before the accusations against ALL of them turns them all into radicals and it would be our own fault for taking the side of the free speech defenders no matter how hurtful the free speech may be to some..
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Taking a radical right-wing position on the part of an outgroup is not "liberalism." [View all]
True Blue Door
May 2015
OP
Tolerance and sympathy for religious madmen is acceptable because... police brutality?
Kurska
May 2015
#22
I would usually view attempted murder as a more serious offense than disagreeing with me.
Kurska
May 2015
#74
A "yeahbut" is what happens when bigotry is confronted by inconvenient reality.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#44
This is all projection, repeated immediately after I just said the same things to YOU:
True Blue Door
May 2015
#51
What's that childhood game where you just randomly insert words into sentences?
True Blue Door
May 2015
#58
I do not think a calf wound is worthy of an existential "clash of civilizations" rant.
Scootaloo
May 2015
#32
Thank you. It is also not "liberalism" to accept misogyny in certain other foreign cultures
pnwmom
May 2015
#9
It's even more odd that our Government, which speaks for us, has so many allies whose cultures
sabrina 1
May 2015
#15
The Christians who did that were WRONG and that doesn't excuse the people who do it now.
pnwmom
May 2015
#14
We will. The world will be completely off of fossil fuels by mid-century.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#67
Would you be okay with the same thing "Not hurting Christians by insulting Jesus"
Kurska
May 2015
#65
++ thread. There is no excuse for physical attacks on people criticizing an ideology.
Yorktown
May 2015
#78