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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:58 AM Original message |
Poll question: "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it." |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Somebody else can defend the Westboro Baptist church's speech |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. What they say is not their problem, it's where they say it. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. For example, Australia would have none of that. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Free speech has limits? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. or "I shall defend to YOUR death the right to say it" not sure who that quote is from lol nt |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. it's by |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. If freedom of speech doesn't apply to all then it isn't freedom of speech. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Thank you. This is the only answer. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. YES! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. If I am responsible for hiring the help to create a musical interlude before my TV network's |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. In most states, employees can't say what they want while on the job. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Who defines what is and is not acceptable? |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. I know I'm going to hear complaints over my use of the N-word ... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. well then they don't have free speech. should we re-evaluate our devotion to it? Should we outlaw |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. And we permitted certain remedies to right the wrongs of segregation |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. I voted yes, but |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Of course, but this is much bigger than Hank Williams Jr. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. I don't see your point |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The whole "Freedom of Speech" thing means that the GOVERNMENT won't throw you in the pokey for |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Of course! |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Well said, sir |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Absolutely... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. True or false: the AUMF made it legal for President Obama to kill al-Alwaki. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, absolutely, but I retain the right to say... |
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Bloke 32 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Do you love your mum? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Do you wish that your country had a Constitutional guarantee of free speech? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. I will actively defend statements I think have merit. All others I will allow to pass unopposed. nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yes. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. Um...I have to laugh a bit |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. You have a right to be an asshole, and others have a right to bash you for being an asshole. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. It is so easy and effortless to defend popular speech: |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I will defend anyone's right to say anything they want against government interference. |
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