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In reply to the discussion: Lets Stop Pretending... [View all]

kentuck

(111,085 posts)
9. They have the right to express themselves...
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 10:02 AM
Aug 2012

...as much as the KKK has a right to march and express themselves.

We have the right to disagree with them and to call it the way we see it.

We don't have the right to shut down the business or to stop the business from operating in a city because we disagree with their political beliefs. We don't have to endorse their business and we have the right to encourage others not to endorse them.

Mayor and city officials do not have the right to stop them from doing business in their cities simply because they disagree with their religion or political beliefs.

They cannot infringe upon the rights of others and neither can we. When that happens, then the line has been crossed, in my opinion.

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