Reply #70: A private school, receiving no public funds, they can teach whatever they wish

[MadHound]

And frankly that holds true in the UK, US and Canada. And as much as you and I find it despicable, these people have the right to do this. And frankly, I don't want to see free speech banned anywhere. Yes, that means that we have to put up with this sort of bullshit, just as we've had to put up with Nazis, Klan, and other hate groups. But if we start banning their speech, pretty soon a precendent will be set wherein our freedom of speech will be limited.

And frankly, all sorts of horrible shit is being taught to children in private schools. Yes, it is problematic, but rather than going around banning speech or religion or private schools, let us undertake to educate people in the error of their ways. That way we don't lose our freedom of speech and we lessen the hatred in this world.

And just because you live in Canada, don't think that your shit doesn't stink. I've a number of relatives up in BC and elsewhere, and there are plenty of strange neo nazi fundy whackos in Canada teaching the same thing to their kids in their own homes or private schools. It is the perils of free speech. Live with it, counteract it with education, but don't ever start banning free speech. Otherwise you might wake up to find that you too have been silenced.