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In reply to the discussion: Censorship of hate speech is an unconditional surrender to hate. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It's DU, people argue about all sorts of stuff. I'm sure you've gotten all bent out of shape about opinions held by others, here, at some point.
People are making the argument that speech they don't like, speech that might make someone mad, speech that "insults a Deity", etc. should be criminalized. Outlawed. The speakers, arrested.
I'm sorry, but that is an incredibly wrong-headed position to take (particularly for people who claim the mantle of liberal or progressive or what-have-you) and given that the 1st Amendment is the fucking linchpin of liberty in our Constitution, fuck yes I'm going to sit here all damn day if I have to and dispute those arguments.
Sorry, just like I'm sorry if some people's rigid belief system "forces" them to freak out when someone draws a cartoon of their Deity.
Ok, actually, I'm not that sorry.