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Stonepounder

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7. Like it or not, Free Speech really only matters when you disagree with the speaker.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:22 AM

Aug 2017

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
--Evelyn Beatrice Hall (not Voltaire)

You don't have to listen to people you disagree with, but you have to give them the same right to speak as you expect. Personally, I agree with some previous posters saying just completely ignore them.

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UVA Nazi march happening tonight! WTF America?! [View all] icymist Aug 2017 OP

Inevitable next step? Glorfindel Aug 2017 #1

No hoods hibbing Aug 2017 #8

Sickening, but part of a free society! Chasstev365 Aug 2017 #2

Let's do absolutely nothing ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #3

Also - they are trying to provoke violence salin Aug 2017 #13

This makes me absolutely sick. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #4

They have now been given they OK to appear in public again. kacekwl Aug 2017 #14

OMG... There's so many of them. In the past, they could only manage 7-8 racists to publicly march. hedda_foil Aug 2017 #5

The world (or the US) has gone crazy. This week has really just been jaw breaking. It will prob. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2017 #6

Like it or not, Free Speech really only matters when you disagree with the speaker. Stonepounder Aug 2017 #7

.....So....will THIS get Obama's voters out to the 2018/2020 polls??? lindysalsagal Aug 2017 #9

they were giving out free beer certainot Aug 2017 #10

This is Trump Amerikkka. SergeStorms Aug 2017 #11

The Nazis of Pier One Imports says this tweeter Generic Other Aug 2017 #12

They look like clones canetoad Aug 2017 #15