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In reply to the discussion: Anyone notice some of the strongly Anti-RKBA people are also very anti-free speech in GD. [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)79. no it does not need updating
the rest of the world needs to get off the "State/Crown/Church knows better and is parents" and join in true liberalism of the Enlightenment. What you propose is not a step forward, but simply a step back to before the Enlightenment.
So do you advocate the hecklers veto on a grand scale, as in threaten violence against the speaker, and the speaker is obligated to shut up, because it inconveniences the democracys government that is obligated to protect our rights Her program invited an incendiary reaction, you say? So did the Lincoln-Douglas debates, gay pride marches, labor rallies in the 1890s, and abolition rallies. Who taught you that speech had a duty to avoid angry dissent? She picked my community, which does not support in any shape, passion or form, her ideology, you say? So I guess demonstrations for integrated schools and allowing blacks to vote should have only been allowed in the communities that already supported them, right?
http://ethicsalarms.com/2015/05/07/the-garland-texas-shooting-free-speech-and-ethics/
Edit to add: it is the State's obligation to prove intent, not for anyone to prove their innocence.
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Anyone notice some of the strongly Anti-RKBA people are also very anti-free speech in GD. [View all]
NutmegYankee
May 2015
OP
How many cartoons did the Idiot Boys who died in Dallas actually see?
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#82
Some are bound and determined to conform to Ronald Reagan's definition of a liberal
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#34
The only ones inciting violence are those preaching that "blasphemers" should be killed.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#70
Only one side is using violence. If the terrorists weren't killing people over cartoons
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#76
In your previous post you described the things you don't like as a throwback and here you
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#93
Not only are you victim-blaming those who were attacked you're making victims of the attackers.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#86
Would you defend the right of a person of color to march through the midst of a KKK rally?
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2015
#77
Simple test: How many times has anti RKBA demanded the Gungeon be shut down in ATA or Meta?
DonP
May 2015
#14
Not particularly, no. I've often noticed that individual DUer may take positions that
petronius
May 2015
#26
None of that applies to gun ownership, except in your warped sense of mind.
uncleverusername
May 2015
#42
For some people "The Greater Good", "The Group", "The Commons", "Society" is all that matters.
MicaelS
May 2015
#71
Scratch the 10th. It gives the states too much power and limits the fed too much according to some.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#83