Politics ad absurdam

[queequeger]

So seeing Nazi propaganda will make me a nazi? If someone goosesteps past my front door in a hitler youth costume, does that change my opinions?

Well, if that's the case let's not allow Mein Kompf in libraries! Genius.

One of our oh-so-holy founding fathers here in the US (and along with Thomas Jefferson, or T-Jeff as I like to call him, one of my favorite political thinkers) by the name of Benjamin Franklin said "a society that is willing to trade a little bit of freedom for a little bit of security deserves neither and will lose both."

The reason it's a bad idea to limit anyone's freedom of speech (such as contempt of court... bleh) is that we might not always be in charge. In the US in particular we seem to float back and forth between very left and very right. When the left is in power they see fit to eliminate hate speech. I hate hearing 'fag' and 'spick' just as much as the next guy, but what about in ten years? You lost all your privileges to say "I can say god is dead all I want, free speech!" Wrong-o moose breath. That’s hate speech against Christians!

Give no allowances for limiting of speech so long as you’re not threatening bodily harm directly, or inciting others into bodily harm. It’s a dangerous slope to start on.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by queequeger

Give no allowances for limiting of speech so long as you’re not threatening bodily harm directly, or inciting others into bodily harm. It’s a dangerous slope to start on.

To bad the Supreme Court disagrees.