I Don't Care

[AFTT47]

Even in the case of a bona-fide KKK member, or a rapist or murder or child-molester are full-on woman or man-hater, I'd want the person to be able to make comments, so I could have a chance to interact with them-- how else will I really understand? I wish these forums would be less tribal, and hold more sincerely to the value of free speech.

I have a hard time believing that you are this ignorant of what free speech really is.

Yon was free to say whatever he wanted and other members were free to say whatever they wanted to say too. This is exactly what free speech is. This forum didn’t shut Yon down. We didn’t refuse to allow him to make his posts and we didn’t tell him to leave.

My compliments to AF for standing up to those principles. I agree with them whole-heatedly intellectually but I despised Yon so much I don't think I could have stayed true to those principles if this were my forum. I regretted that he/she/it had not provided us with a high-resolution photograph of him/her/it self so that I could copy it and paint a likeness at the bottom of my toilet.