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hunter

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34. I'll make it simple for you. Suppose there's a weekly AA meeting held at a public venue...

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:25 AM

Sep 2016

... a room at a public university, that sort of thing.

If I bring a case of beer to the meeting and put it on the table next to the coffee and donuts, and then I go around telling everyone they are wussies and all they have to do is learn how to stop drinking one drink before they black out, that's not "free speech." That's being an asshole.

Likewise, a man telling women what misogyny "really" is, or a white guy telling non-white people what racism "really" is.

Here on DU I've seen plenty of whining white guys push on to ridiculous appeals to authority whenever they are challenged, literally posting dictionary definitions of words, or fundamentalist interpretations of the Constitution, and then going pressing on to "explain" those as if they are some sort of messiah just because they are white guys.

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for my 50,000th post: The "White Knights" of the First Amendment [View all] niyad Sep 2016 OP

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Wow melman Sep 2016 #15

Every place of intelligent discourse needs a few good bouncers. hunter Sep 2016 #16

Well... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2016 #17

Black & White Authoritarian thinking... hunter Sep 2016 #24

You do realize romanic Sep 2016 #28

Also melman Sep 2016 #29

Lord have mercy romanic Sep 2016 #30

"Self loathing" is not an aspect of my personality. hunter Sep 2016 #32

Uh-uh romanic Sep 2016 #37

I don't understand how you think it's not. hunter Sep 2016 #41

I can't believe melman Sep 2016 #18

Yeah. romanic Sep 2016 #19

They'll say it's different melman Sep 2016 #21

Well obviously... TipTok Sep 2016 #23

This place would be a sewer if it was open to everyone. hunter Sep 2016 #20

I have no idea what you're talking about melman Sep 2016 #22

If you don't follow the rules of DU you'll get bounced. hunter Sep 2016 #25

What does that have to do with this thread? melman Sep 2016 #26

I'll make it simple for you. Suppose there's a weekly AA meeting held at a public venue... hunter Sep 2016 #34

Again melman Sep 2016 #39

Your ham-handed example is both free speech and being an asshole. linuxman Sep 2016 #40

WHERE you want to do your free speech thing is important. hunter Sep 2016 #42

That's already covered by other laws. linuxman Sep 2016 #44

Don't worry. Free speech restrictions will only apply to cartoonish angry white guys. Throd Sep 2016 #38

God knows I'm frequently a cartoonish angry white guy. hunter Sep 2016 #43

Agreed. MicaelS Sep 2016 #45

Congratulations on 50,000 posts! smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #27

thank you. happy to be able to do my small part here. niyad Sep 2016 #35

K&R Gothmog Sep 2016 #31

. . . . niyad Sep 2016 #36