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Pakid

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1. This is no different

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2016, 09:11 AM

Sep 2016

than all of the guns death in America. The American people and the media have become use to it and it has become acceptable to many of them. This is one of the many ways that a nation dies one by one the unacceptable become acceptable until it is to late to stop the hate from destroying the nation.

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"This isn't 'rough' language or 'hard edged' rhetoric. It's hate speech." [View all] kpete Sep 2016 OP

This is no different Pakid Sep 2016 #1

K&R What the "HELL" do we have to lose? Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2016 #2

It is a pretty sad state of affairs when our press is either too naive to see what they are doing or world wide wally Sep 2016 #3

nightmares from history heaven05 Sep 2016 #4

^^^ THIS^^^ alittlelark Sep 2016 #5

The "media" would cheerfully put Hitler in the White House if it helped their ratings First Speaker Sep 2016 #6

Les Moonves: martin mike Sep 2016 #14

K&R napkinz Sep 2016 #7

Dystopia abound. The article "White Supremacists Praise Trump's Immigration Speech" gives the Avalux Sep 2016 #8

Rough language is when you tell a truth in a harsh way Johonny Sep 2016 #9

Ugh. I hope when HRC is president and we get another Progressive on the Supreme Court... ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #10

No thanks. This is an incredibly fringe opinion in the US. tritsofme Sep 2016 #12

Most of the world has Hate Speech Laws. ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #16

Incitement is already unawful, but there is no "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment tritsofme Sep 2016 #18

Don't need to repeal anything. ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #21

Your problem is the plain wording of the amendment, it is not ambiguous on this subject. tritsofme Sep 2016 #22

Always interesting that when folks hope that the paternal authoirtity figures crack down... TipTok Sep 2016 #23

I'm at a loss for words. NuclearDem Sep 2016 #26

Is your inflammatory speech inciting violence and hatred against... ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #28

Careful what you wish for... TipTok Sep 2016 #29

Why just minorities? Why doesn't it apply to everyone? NuclearDem Sep 2016 #30

Your sentiments truly frighten me. Throd Sep 2016 #31

Me too... it is fundamentally un-American. tritsofme Sep 2016 #32

The thought of these same laws being used against them never seems to come up. Throd Sep 2016 #33

He is summoning the Monsters from the Id GoDawgs Sep 2016 #11

You know you're showing your age right? lunatica Sep 2016 #17

Hehe. lunatica you better get offa my lawn! (/me waves walking cane menacingly) GoDawgs Sep 2016 #24

That's the analogy I've been using..... LongTomH Sep 2016 #19

You're correct, LTom. Trump isn't the cause, he's a symptom GoDawgs Sep 2016 #25

The article is quite good, but the title sucks. Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #13

I think a lot of people haven't heard one of his speeches. Saphire Sep 2016 #15

From the bowels of Hell, basically Hekate Sep 2016 #20

the gnewz is feeding rump for ratings. pansypoo53219 Sep 2016 #27