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...and pretty much every city in America plays host to Christian fundamentalists with the same Chakab Jun 2016 #1
In Orlando though, an Islamic extremist Gay hating sicko King_David Jun 2016 #5
Mommy, Johnnny did it too! The excuse of toddlers, whining toddlers. 50 killed. Do not dismiss it. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #6
I wasn't excusing a fucking thing. That's what YOU'RE doing. I'm demonstrating Chakab Jun 2016 #48
Deflection. romanic Jun 2016 #16
See post 48. Chakab Jun 2016 #49
Not really. Inflammatory rhetoric against gays is as common in churches as in mosques Warpy Jun 2016 #77
Not in our Episcopal Church - we dance, drink good scotch and the Anglican Communication suspended 24601 Jun 2016 #83
Thank you for posting this. It is not just Radical Islamists who are calling for violence against JudyM Jun 2016 #18
And yet there's a difference. Igel Jun 2016 #29
Violence against LGBTs can come from any angle... in the US it's a mish mosh of reasons, JudyM Jun 2016 #36
This is really like pointing to black racism in response to manifestations of white racism. David__77 Jun 2016 #20
Sorry, that wasn't my intention at all. I meant to point out that this type of retrograde Chakab Jun 2016 #43
My sense is there is defensiveness talking about Islamic anti-homosexuality. David__77 Jun 2016 #46
Look, I'm not wading into this argument about the "regressive left" and whether or not Chakab Jun 2016 #54
Yep, just ask the people in Rwanda. raccoon Jun 2016 #88
So it's okay then? melman Jun 2016 #25
Ah, no. It's just as bad. Right wing hate preachers should elicit the same Chakab Jun 2016 #44
I agree with mobilizing against antigay houses of worship David__77 Jun 2016 #47
That's my point. This event should be the catalyst to stamp this Chakab Jun 2016 #51
+1. JudyM Jun 2016 #52
pathetic. Jesus Malverde Jun 2016 #64
I didn't watch all of those, but that "person" in the second video would fit in well with ISIS PersonNumber503602 Jun 2016 #104
This is a sick effing country. ReRe Jun 2016 #2
I'm told he is in Australia now whirlygigspin Jun 2016 #3
Are you speaking of the Muslim Scholar? ReRe Jun 2016 #4
That you call a Scholar? Hate monger. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #7
That's how the article described him. ReRe Jun 2016 #10
He fled Australia as they were going to cancel his visa. Jesus Malverde Jun 2016 #71
For all we know... ReRe Jun 2016 #72
Malcolm Turnbull orders urgent visa review of anti-gay Islamic cleric Farrokh Sekaleshfar whirlygigspin Jun 2016 #61
"plays host" is an odd way of stating that someone happened to speak in a particular place. FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #8
It sems like standard usage daleo Jun 2016 #66
Yes of course the venue is hosting, but the headline sorta suggests the city of Orlando hosted him. FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #68
I see your point now daleo Jun 2016 #103
Sick, sick, sick!!! What a POS scumbag pig! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2016 #9
This is what happens when you fetishise free speech. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #11
Germany learned that lesson 47of74 Jun 2016 #12
So you stand in opposition to our First Amendment? Akicita Jun 2016 #15
I don't give a monkeys about your first ammendment Bad Dog Jun 2016 #21
I agree with you on the topic of hate speech. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #53
Thanks. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #57
You should make a list of 'naughty' topics... TipTok Jun 2016 #85
That man is not a US citizen. David__77 Jun 2016 #22
Good point. Akicita Jun 2016 #58
+1...nt Jesus Malverde Jun 2016 #65
What you call hate speech christx30 Jun 2016 #17
What a load of rubbish. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #23
After the rapes in Germany by migrants on New Years eve, christx30 Jun 2016 #26
That's not the same thing at all. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #27
As they should have been philosslayer Jun 2016 #28
I prefer the freedom to say whatever I want. christx30 Jun 2016 #30
Dangerous Orwellian talk. Who gets to decide what is hate speech? Akicita Jun 2016 #59
Parliament. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #60
When the press is too corrupt to do its job is when freedom of speech becomes even more Akicita Jun 2016 #62
The speech you wish to protect isn't holding the government to account. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #67
Speech inciting violence is illegal over here too. Speech by people saying they hate this or hate Akicita Jun 2016 #69
Even when the result is 50 dead people? Bad Dog Jun 2016 #70
Free speech does not legitimize hate speech. It opens people who say ridiculous things to Akicita Jun 2016 #73
If you had free speech, one which allows the Media to report the truth, you'd never have Bad Dog Jun 2016 #74
Have you read a newspaper lately? Even a corrupt one would inform you that the citizenry overthrew Akicita Jun 2016 #75
Your defence of hate speech has allowed you to elect a Fascist as Republican nominee. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #79
We have a saying over here on this side of the pond that we may not agree with what our opponents Akicita Jun 2016 #80
I've heard it. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #81
The one good reason is that you can never trust the deciders of what is or is not hate speech. Akicita Jun 2016 #92
Paranoid nonsense. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #95
Government controlled speech would allow the media to report the truth? Get a grip. Was Pravda your Akicita Jun 2016 #91
You're living in a fantasy world. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #94
Did you not say that government is the decider of what is hate speech? Therefore government controls Akicita Jun 2016 #96
It's not that simple at all. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #97
I know that in the real world government control of speech worked real well for Stalin and the Akicita Jun 2016 #98
Changing the subject to Stalin. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #100
The subject is government control of speech. Stalin is an example of why I am against it. Akicita Jun 2016 #101
The subject is whether or not hate speech should be afforded protection. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #105
I'm hurt you don't care about my lineage. After all, we may be related. My ancestors used to rape Akicita Jun 2016 #108
Well said. Sand Rat Expat Jun 2016 #89
I would add slander to the speech that should be criminalized. For example, accusing someone of a Akicita Jun 2016 #93
It's also the fetishizing of anti-LGBT hate speech. JudyM Jun 2016 #19
It is. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #24
Exactly! This is a prime opportunity for the media to delve into hatred of LGBTs, and all they can JudyM Jun 2016 #35
It's happening over here too. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #37
Homophobic terrorism, he called it, yes, that is a good term for it! And good for him! This is JudyM Jun 2016 #39
I know. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #40
Your points about fetishizing hate speech & the exasperation of that gay journalist would make JudyM Jun 2016 #42
It was Will Self who first said it. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #45
LOL. IKWYM. I started a related one.. JudyM Jun 2016 #50
Sky News bashing Trump! AntiBank Jun 2016 #41
I don't blame him for walking out. Aerows Jun 2016 #56
I think certain members on the public, (on both sides of the Atlantic,) Bad Dog Jun 2016 #109
I think that Mateen's motives were personal. Feeling rejection made him click > YOHABLO Jun 2016 #106
He clearly had issues regarding his own sexuality. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #110
So I'll put you in the anti-free speech category... TipTok Jun 2016 #84
So I'll put you in the don't understand what's going on category. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #90
Don't we have enough of our own crazy clergy? mountain grammy Jun 2016 #13
killing LGBT is EXACTLY what he meant and said. there are AntiBank Jun 2016 #14
We have played host to a number of right wing conservative hosts that talk hate rockfordfile Jun 2016 #31
We need the Fairness Doctrine back that Raygun helped abolish. AntiBank Jun 2016 #32
and yet draw a cartoon and see how easily feelings get hurt MariaThinks Jun 2016 #33
they lock people up in prison here for doing brutal satirical art that delves into racial and religi AntiBank Jun 2016 #34
The shooter came from Port Saint Lucie, about 120 miles away. KamaAina Jun 2016 #38
Underneath ymetca Jun 2016 #55
Radical Islam is incompatible with western culture. Jesus Malverde Jun 2016 #63
Stop trying to blame this on a group not responsible! scscholar Jun 2016 #76
Hardly... TipTok Jun 2016 #86
Plenty of blame to go around -nt Bradical79 Jun 2016 #99
Husseini Islamic Center should apologize for hosting such hatemongers... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #78
Do you think they will? Quantess Jun 2016 #82
Not if they don't want their building burned and their leadership murdered... TipTok Jun 2016 #87
And the Republican Party says he should have the right to own guns BlackLivesMatter Jun 2016 #102
only way is to focus on the type of weapons, magazines, ammo AntiBank Jun 2016 #107
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