Freedom of speech means the government won't stop you from saying something. It does not mean there will not be repercussions for saying it, just that those repercussions won't come from the government.
freedom of speech does not mean someone is free from the effects of that speech. Many conservatives are confused by this.
It takes a lot of courage to stand alone. Definitely people expressing unpopular opinions to a wide audience get a fair share of abuse and death threats.
It takes a lot of courage to stand alone. Definitely people expressing unpopular opinions to a wide audience get a fair share of abuse and death threats.
So a friend of mine seems to think that being shunned and ridiculed for his bigoted opinions is a violation of his freedom of speech? So my question is, do you think this is the case? And does freedom of speech trump freedom of association?
No one said free speech was going to be easy. People who complain about the costs associated with exercising free speech do not understand that basic point.
So a friend of mine seems to think that being shunned and ridiculed for his bigoted opinions is a violation of his freedom of speech? So my question is, do you think this is the case? And does freedom of speech trump freedom of association?
Is the OP really just a sly attempt at telling us that you finally have a friend?
No its the age old story when someone asks about their "friend" they are usually referring to themselves
Not really -- this is reference to my latest poll. To his credit, spud_meister did not mention SCitizen.
And he is sort of right -- you can not enforce Free Speech in a society where over 50% of people do not support Free Speech.
Any post from or directed at spud should at first be take with a grain of salt, then sarcastically, then assuming the poster is drunk and only after that perhaps maybe think there might be something that isn't meant to be silly.
But here he has a valid and horrible point -- if over 50% of people support are against Free Speech it is hard to enforce it. In a Democracy, the Majority is the Dictator.
In a representative democracy with proper safeguards the majority is not the dictator.
hence the reason constitutions exist.
So a friend of mine seems to think that being shunned and ridiculed for his bigoted opinions is a violation of his freedom of speech? So my question is, do you think this is the case? And does freedom of speech trump freedom of association?
So a friend of mine seems to think that being shunned and ridiculed for his bigoted opinions is a violation of his freedom of speech? So my question is, do you think this is the case? And does freedom of speech trump freedom of association?
So a friend of mine seems to think that being shunned and ridiculed for his bigoted opinions is a violation of his freedom of speech? So my question is, do you think this is the case? And does freedom of speech trump freedom of association?
It was obvious that you didn't understand what was said in the first place.Do you not understand the point?
No one argued that...., but that doesn't mean you get to choose exactly who does what for you.
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