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Then you really don't understand freedom of speech random thoughts Send a noteboard - 21/06/2017 12:11:06 AM

If you use social and economic pressure to silence someone you are practicing censorship. I am not sure where the left got the idea that only governments are guilty of censorship. Stopping someone from speaking in a public forum is the moral equivalent of book burning. Idea is the same, stop the spread of ideas you don't like.

It is easier to fight stupidity like this in open then it is to fight the slippery slope of letting a vocal minority censor what we can see and hear and which ideas we are allowed to be exposed to.

The best solution would be to allow people to sue anyone in court who organizes a boycott to have them censored. Of course all the little snowflakes clogging up our universities would melt and some of the schools might even have to start teaching things of value. I mean what is the point of getting a degree in female studies if you have to hear white men who don't agree actually speak?

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An irritatingly large issue here in Connecticut, was this past Sunday's ... - 20/06/2017 04:43:10 PM 1090 Views
I don't understand this aspect of free speech discourse. - 20/06/2017 07:09:52 PM 812 Views
I disagree - 20/06/2017 07:25:26 PM 811 Views
I disagree with your disagreement. - 21/06/2017 02:24:53 AM 693 Views
*NM* - 20/06/2017 07:25:26 PM 390 Views
ugh. double post. yet again. *NM* - 20/06/2017 07:26:29 PM 426 Views
I have a theory - 20/06/2017 11:20:37 PM 712 Views
that must be it - 20/06/2017 11:24:55 PM 719 Views
It could be bunnies! *NM* - 21/06/2017 01:29:07 AM 612 Views
Or evil witches! *NM* - 21/06/2017 05:24:09 AM 380 Views
Who is the resident RAFO Bugs Bunny? *NM* - 21/06/2017 05:53:30 AM 375 Views
With their twitchy little noses *NM* - 21/06/2017 02:13:48 PM 383 Views
I think that it's more then that.... - 20/06/2017 07:36:06 PM 742 Views
Then you really don't understand freedom of speech - 21/06/2017 12:11:06 AM 717 Views
Freedom of Speech is not a single theory, there are multiple ideas of why Freedom of Speech is good - 21/06/2017 12:55:44 AM 755 Views
supporting freedom of speech only for people who don't offend you isn't freedom of speech - 21/06/2017 02:01:05 PM 723 Views
but this specific issue is not a freedom of speech issue - 21/06/2017 02:42:31 PM 720 Views
but it is a freedom of speech issue - 21/06/2017 07:09:03 PM 762 Views
Here's the biggest problem I have with that argument - 21/06/2017 07:34:07 PM 711 Views
This, exactly. Much better stated than what I wrote. - 22/06/2017 02:57:45 AM 689 Views
I'm fairly certain I do. But let's explore your ideas a bit. - 21/06/2017 02:22:48 AM 764 Views
NBC is a business. - 21/06/2017 01:42:40 PM 756 Views
yes. my point exactly. *NM* - 21/06/2017 02:43:53 PM 397 Views
I disagree enormously with one part of this. - 22/06/2017 03:00:37 AM 781 Views
I disagree with you so much on this. And you don't seem to understand my view. - 22/06/2017 12:33:12 PM 714 Views
again, you nailed it - 22/06/2017 01:18:03 PM 699 Views
I agree.... - 22/06/2017 04:49:44 PM 692 Views
Rhetorical Question, which is worse Kelly or Jones? *NM* - 20/06/2017 08:02:40 PM 390 Views
they deserved each other *NM* - 20/06/2017 08:14:32 PM 406 Views
I always enjoy this Louis Brandeis quote when discussing "offensive" speech and publicity. - 22/06/2017 02:53:21 PM 775 Views
well said *NM* - 22/06/2017 03:14:06 PM 380 Views

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