You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #1: I support free speech [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU
Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 02:26 PM
Response to Original message
1. I support free speech
Edited on Tue Apr-19-11 02:31 PM by Bragi
Since you asked, i can say that I'm more afraid of censorship than I am with open debate.

I can support banishing bigoted arguments and bigoted statements, though I'd ratehr just debate and defeat such arguments.

I am less supportive of banning "words" because we think they may send secret signals ("dog whistles") to bigots.

Again, I'd rather confront anyone using such terms and defeat them if they are bigots by using persuasive arguments.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 

Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC