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In reply to the discussion: Orlando played host to Muslim speaker’s call for death to gays, just weeks ago [View all]I'm straight but one of my kids is LGBT.
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Orlando played host to Muslim speaker’s call for death to gays, just weeks ago [View all]
AntiBank
Jun 2016
OP
...and pretty much every city in America plays host to Christian fundamentalists with the same
Chakab
Jun 2016
#1
Mommy, Johnnny did it too! The excuse of toddlers, whining toddlers. 50 killed. Do not dismiss it.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#6
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
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
Look, I'm not wading into this argument about the "regressive left" and whether or not
Chakab
Jun 2016
#54
I didn't watch all of those, but that "person" in the second video would fit in well with ISIS
PersonNumber503602
Jun 2016
#104
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
Yes of course the venue is hosting, but the headline sorta suggests the city of Orlando hosted him.
FailureToCommunicate
Jun 2016
#68
When the press is too corrupt to do its job is when freedom of speech becomes even more
Akicita
Jun 2016
#62
Speech inciting violence is illegal over here too. Speech by people saying they hate this or hate
Akicita
Jun 2016
#69
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
The one good reason is that you can never trust the deciders of what is or is not hate speech.
Akicita
Jun 2016
#92
Government controlled speech would allow the media to report the truth? Get a grip. Was Pravda your
Akicita
Jun 2016
#91
Did you not say that government is the decider of what is hate speech? Therefore government controls
Akicita
Jun 2016
#96
I know that in the real world government control of speech worked real well for Stalin and the
Akicita
Jun 2016
#98
The subject is government control of speech. Stalin is an example of why I am against it.
Akicita
Jun 2016
#101
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
I would add slander to the speech that should be criminalized. For example, accusing someone of a
Akicita
Jun 2016
#93
Exactly! This is a prime opportunity for the media to delve into hatred of LGBTs, and all they can
JudyM
Jun 2016
#35
Homophobic terrorism, he called it, yes, that is a good term for it! And good for him! This is
JudyM
Jun 2016
#39
Your points about fetishizing hate speech & the exasperation of that gay journalist would make
JudyM
Jun 2016
#42
I think that Mateen's motives were personal. Feeling rejection made him click >
YOHABLO
Jun 2016
#106
We have played host to a number of right wing conservative hosts that talk hate
rockfordfile
Jun 2016
#31
they lock people up in prison here for doing brutal satirical art that delves into racial and religi
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#34
Husseini Islamic Center should apologize for hosting such hatemongers...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#78