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In reply to the discussion: Our Freedom of Expression Is Killing Us [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)The suffragettes and Martin luthor king.
The supreme court has ruled that kids don't have the same rights as adults, so antibulling is legal. It also falls under stalking too.
As a victim of bulling (by everyone, yes including a parent, though that would be abuse) I find it quite dispicable that you would even say that.
So let's get down to brass taks. Who do you want to make the decision on what is abuse? Maybe someone in the government?
Freedom of speech is there to protect people from being shut up, and in those cases listed above, they weren't very popular either. A lot of people would have called it 'an abuse of thier first admedment rights.'
Ps. I posted Voltaire.
PPS. We all benefit from free speech. When I pick up a book, when I watch a show. If we did things your way, things like darwin would be banned, any books about gay topics would be banned, and any one of these 100 books.
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http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009
Really, give some deep thought to how it affects you.
I would rather do what is best for the majority, then be afraid of a minority.