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In reply to the discussion: Okay, I'm Sure i'll Get Flamed but [View all]thucythucy
(8,050 posts)19. Sure, hate speech exists and it's a problem
and if it leads directly to violence it isn't covered by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled multiple times that there are limits to the right to free speech. Shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre and all that. Libel and slander. Inciting a riot, etc. etc. etc.
How do you feel about twenty children being shot multiple times, along with six adults, because one of those adults was simply "exercising her Second Amendment rights" and evidently got sloppy about locking up her precious guns? You think maybe we might put some limits of the "right" of people to own instruments of mass murder? (And please don't give me any more lame ass analogies, to knives, cars, fertilizer, aerosol cans etc. etc. etc.)
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Our military doesn't use lead much any more...they prefer depleted Uranium. Nobody seems to care
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#4
You do realize the D.U. slugs pollute for 10ks of years right? Small detail.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2012
#25
I wouldn't have a problem with the 1st Amendment if we still had quill pens...
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#6
How do you feel about hate speech inciting others to violence and murder? Surely you don't think
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#14
How do you feel about 2nd amendment access allowing violence and murder? Surely you don't think
Gold Rush
Dec 2012
#15
It is a precisely equivalent analogy. It's the old fuss over whose ox is being gored.
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#13
Congress has all the authority it needs for the militia in Article I, Section 8, clauses 15 & 16.
jody
Dec 2012
#8
Could you please tell me what the alphabet soup you refer to? Should I be insulted? I'm a newbie.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#18