Oh I love free-speech. But trying to understand why some over there don't is ridiculous. (Reply #12)

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 03:40 PM

JaneyVee (19,877 posts)

12. Oh I love free-speech. But trying to understand why some over there don't is ridiculous.

They don't like free-speech because it goes against their religious beliefs. WE will never change that.

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Outstanding Hypocrisy Here At DU [View all]	jberryhill	Sep 2012	OP
Oh, you mean the "crazed mobs"?	Scootaloo	Sep 2012	#1
those were NOT crazed mobs	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#24
I think that one was definitely different.	sabrina 1	Sep 2012	#34
Luckily, Al quada has emerged to take credit for it	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#47
Well in Libya we first made an agreement with Gadaffi to keep the fairly	sabrina 1	Sep 2012	#55
Thus the quote marks	Scootaloo	Sep 2012	#43
dude no shit.. sometimes the mind boggles....	dionysus	Sep 2012	#50
+1	2on2u	Sep 2012	#2
Well said! n/t	Spazito	Sep 2012	#3
Didn't realize attacks on embassies were peaceful free speech. nt	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#4
Only when Muslims do it.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#7
How many of the protestors did that?	jberryhill	Sep 2012	#11
We're talking about the violent attacks on	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#31
Most of the people out on the streets weren't attacking anything.	backscatter712	Sep 2012	#16
Societies that tolerate this kind of violent, primitive response	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#28
Agreed. But I think the media has a lot to do with people's perceptions.	Curtland1015	Sep 2012	#5
I don't have any issue with the peaceful protestors.	Nye Bevan	Sep 2012	#6
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Why should they need to understand free-speech, it's in OUR Constitution, not theirs.	JaneyVee	Sep 2012	#8
Constitutions have no connection with whacked-out religious principles.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#10
Oh I love free-speech. But trying to understand why some over there don't is ridiculous.	JaneyVee	Sep 2012	#12
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anti-islamic garbage from the cesspools of the far right	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#18
We seem to have peace here in the US	Paulie	Sep 2012	#19
That's a ridiculous generalization.	Blue_In_AK	Sep 2012	#20
Based on the posts in this thread	mythology	Sep 2012	#27
You're trying to convince us they don't deserve to live, aren't you?	treestar	Sep 2012	#26
Most do codify religion into their constitutions	Paulie	Sep 2012	#13
Yes, you are correct, I should have said "Rational Constitutions".	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#15
yes, plenty -- either in their constitutions or in their law. for example, norway only just this	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#21
+100	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#17
I usually agree with you	Aerows	Sep 2012	#23
or it could be that americans are the most propagandized people in history and these stories	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#25
Probably is the truth	Aerows	Sep 2012	#29
in my experience with local issues, the media always gets part of it wrong. & where there are	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#36
So this is concocted bs?	Aerows	Sep 2012	#38
I'm always skeptical of reporting dealing with highly politicized matters & try to consult sources	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#40
Concocted bullshit	Aerows	Sep 2012	#46
Riots	Aerows	Sep 2012	#22
Kay + Are	M_M	Sep 2012	#30
Are you insinuating that this is	Aerows	Sep 2012	#33
Finally, someone has dared to speak the truth behind the hyperbole...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#32
I agree.	OneGrassRoot	Sep 2012	#35
Yeah, chanting "Death to America", and "Obama, Obama, we are all Osama" is SoooooooOOOooo peaceful	MNBrewer	Sep 2012	#37
If you don't see this as a bunch of bullshit	Aerows	Sep 2012	#49
Indeed	RobertEarl	Sep 2012	#39
Observation	ProSense	Sep 2012	#41
I'm expecting	Aerows	Sep 2012	#52
As an old 60's anti-war Democrat....	cr8tvlde	Sep 2012	#42
What "those people" (overseas Muslims) don't understand	Warpy	Sep 2012	#44
Aren't "See? THOSE people don't deserve freedom!" threads fun?	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#45
+1, so fucking true. The entire Muslim world has been slandered to shit and back.	joshcryer	Sep 2012	#54
K & r	The Midway Rebel	Sep 2012	#48
indeed, it's part of the percieved "war on islam" that underlies their protest	stupidicus	Sep 2012	#51
Yep. On DU they've been called jihadists and extremists	joshcryer	Sep 2012	#53
Locking, feel free to repost in Meta	taterguy	Sep 2012	#56

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