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In reply to the discussion: So , when am I allowed to be offended? [View all]countryjake
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How were you wrong to be offended by 9/11, Pearl's beheading, 4 killed Americans, etc? What is this
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#3
What? Were 9/11, Pearl's beheading, etc "freedom of speech"? Please clarify and use more words
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#9
I think you are saying we must be beware of "them", the muslims will get offended and kill
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#24
So why should "they" get offended by our bombings by planes and drones? It is just "speech".
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#134
Have you been arrested by any government officials for practicing your First Amendment rights?
sarge43
Sep 2012
#37
If the folks to which you refer were educated by something other than state run media, they
lonestarnot
Sep 2012
#15
"If you knowingly rile up a crowd, you share in the guilt of the crowds actions?"
hughee99
Sep 2012
#33
the muslim rioters assisted the injured and fought back the small attacking force..
frylock
Sep 2012
#66
I am offended when Religious Nuts of any kind try to ignite holy wars with each other.
Lex
Sep 2012
#18
Islamic extremists are the scum that have risen to the top in the melting pot of fairy tales. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Sep 2012
#31
Free speech? According to Ezra Klein: 'Libya attack underscores drone use'
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2012
#43
Why are you asking permission before exercising your Constitutional freedoms?
porphyrian
Sep 2012
#44
That is not what they rioted about. It isn't that simple. Seriously, it isn't.
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#61
All you got out of that post was the crusades? Are you just messing with us?
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#84
Thank you for clarifying you are just messing with us. Or did you mean you haven't read/heard why
uppityperson
Sep 2012
#89
You Should Be Offended When Anybody Violates The Norms Of Human Decency
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2012
#53
No one limits your offense, there are big issues with how it is reacted to.
TheKentuckian
Sep 2012
#56
Last I looked everyone was so offended by 9/11 that we got involved in two wars...
Moonwalk
Sep 2012
#73
The offenders offended over one billion people because of lies, ridicule, hatred and perversion of
julian09
Sep 2012
#93
I wasn't aware that the 9//11 attacks were an act of free speech. Funny, I always
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#79
You just wrote an entire OP without naming or saying who's stopping you from being offended.
JaneyVee
Sep 2012
#80
baloney & bs. that's my freedom of speech, it doesn't constitute a denial of yours.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#98
Somewhere there is a bridge missing a................................................... nt
rbrnmw
Sep 2012
#104
I'm curious. Were you offended when we needlessly slaughtered tens of thousands of people in Iraq?
Arugula Latte
Sep 2012
#131