RE: Did Charlottesvilel mean anything?
September 4, 2017 at 9:50 am
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2017 at 9:51 am by Anomalocaris.)
(September 4, 2017 at 9:37 am)bennyboy Wrote:It wasn't those who opposed the white supremacists who respected the right to free speech so much they were willing to use their very own cars to ram those whose opinions they disagree with.(September 3, 2017 at 8:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I am for free speech, and protecting offensive speech, but when you show up with weapons of war that is no longer simply being offensive, that is an act of intimidation and shouting fire in a theater.
Yes, absolutely. I'm for free speech and tolerance, but there have to be balances among various kinds of freedom and the many affected individuals and populations. The only thing I really want is for there never to be the easy call-- "Fucking white supremacists, we gotta shut them all down because fuck them" is a fascist statement, and if we don't fight for the rights of those we disagree with, every minor group in the States may eventually be isolated and dismantled one by one until there's nothing left but the White House to determine how people might live or think.
Free speech is not a suicide pact, and it attainmeant to any reasonable degree for extended period of time requires the crushing of those who will deny free speech to others.
