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In reply to the discussion: Judge Rules MTA Must Run ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad on Buses, Subways [View all]Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)16. Hamas MTV?
They don't even play music videos anymore.
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Judge Rules MTA Must Run ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad on Buses, Subways [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
Nor an absolute; which is why rational people hold varying opinions on its spectrum.
LanternWaste
Apr 2015
#7
'Treating speech equally'...well, there's this from Seattle. As LittleBlue so pertinently asks:
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#62
Start by asking the religioius clerics who preach that LGBT people should be killed. They do this.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#88
Do you believe if there was an anti-Christian ad on a public transit, it would be treated the same
still_one
Apr 2015
#78
For a freedom to be meaningful, it must extend to both the absurd and the extreme.
appal_jack
Apr 2015
#3
In nations where this kind of incendiary language has caused wars costing millions of lives,
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#5
How many of those nations had robust free speech protections prior to said tragedies?
appal_jack
Apr 2015
#83
How much money does the MTA bring in from advertising on busses and trains?
surrealAmerican
Apr 2015
#9
Sounds like a plan - or they could adopt the French method of mediation...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#11
Guess I should have rolled out this thing again for the sarcasm-challenged...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#13
Stop dodging my question, I don't give a damn about anything else you have to say.
951-Riverside
Apr 2015
#43
Do it yourself, since you persist in putting words into my text which aren't there.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#46
As an NYC resident, I expect these ads to get ye olde vandalism treatment -
LiberalElite
Apr 2015
#71
'Stirring the pot is what it is.' That's what hate speech is intended to do.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#81