RE: Anyone got a comment for this..?
March 27, 2015 at 6:44 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2015 at 6:52 pm by SteelCurtain.)
(March 27, 2015 at 5:46 pm)dyresand Wrote: What is this the 1950's NO hate speech and racism should not be protected. People need to be held accountable for what they say.
It should absolutely be protected. Free speech means anyone gets to say what they want provided they don't cause harm or danger to another person in doing so.
Hurt feelings don't count as harm.
However, everyone should be held accountable in the public sphere for the things they say and do. So if you say gay people should not have the same rights as everyone else, I get to respond to that. And so does everyone else. Just like if you say you hate black people or Asians.
(March 27, 2015 at 6:26 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote:(March 27, 2015 at 5:49 pm)FateTits Wrote: How should they be accountable for it, and more importantly; why should they be?
So NOT a good way to start off in this forum. Three posts and wow. How about some netiquette and going over to the introduction threads and telling us a bit about yourself first.
Wait.... calm down. I've read the four posts for this person, and s/he seems pretty reasonable. I agree they should create an introduction thread, but slow down. It's okay to nicely ask people to do that just so we can get to know them. We can't be antagonistic to every person that joins until we get to know them.
This person hasn't been rude or disruptive. If they are a sock, the mods will discover that. Take a deep breath.
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