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Wed Aug-24-05 05:06 PM
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21. We respect the right to protest so much

we're not going to let you do it!

I can never understand this point of view. When faced with an opinion strongly different from their own, they call for the other side to silence itself, but "no one respects the right to protest more than one who has fought for it." Uh, no. Either you respect that right or you don't.

What is the right to protest, or the right to free speech, if it may not be used? Are we to have "freedom of speech" only as long as we all agree? Sorry, Legionnaires, that's not free speech.

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