Man pepper sprays Westboro Protesters
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as far as I know they arnt advocating taking away other peoples right to speech, they are just being assholesk3v1n said:
never said they werent being massive assholes, Im just saying that as much as I disagree with what they say I refuse to condemn the right to say itxmbts said:
Actually their lungs.Sirisaxman said:
Binary solo!
(Man I hope you're referring to what I think you are.)
I'm inclined to agree with this. As a species, we've pretty clearly adopted a wide variety of funerary rites, but the vast majority of them call for solemnity and serenity. I think actively impeding the proper execution of such rituals qualifies as unprotected speech.bloodmage2 said:
Also, everything is eventually ruined. Free speech was so fucking sweet when it prevented the tyranny of an oppressive minority, but free speech sorta sucks now that it's serving the tyranny of an idiotic minority.
Edit: everyone seems to be hating on the fact that he brought his kid along. He might have preceded his pepper spraying with an impassioned monologue about how to stand up to hate-mongering assclowns, which would make the involvement of his child oddly touching.
no, I'm sorry, you clearly have a wrong idea of what "freedom of Speech" is, freedom of speech does not defend hate speech or any form of discrimination or hatred towards others, and CLEARLY these guys are not respecting others.Worgen said:
and..really? do you really beleive EVERYONE has the right to speak his mind? should fascists/religious extremists/sexists/racsists/homophobes/etc. have the right to say their opinion?
Oh I know you weren't standing up for that I'm just saying.Worgen said:
On a related note I would like to go to one of their churches with a sign that reads "God hates intolerant scum", I doubt they would be backing the first amendment in that situation.
I am disgusted that he did this with his kid in the truck, and I think that him spraying in such a way to also hit counter-protesters was unacceptable.
From a philosophical/moral standpoint, I support his pepper spraying the Westboro Baptist Church. From a practical standpoint, its probably good he was arrested for it. What if next time it was Fred Phelps and crew pepper spraying a gay pride parade? Then we wouldn't be so happy about it.
From a philosophical/moral standpoint, I support his pepper spraying the Westboro Baptist Church. From a practical standpoint, its probably good he was arrested for it. What if next time it was Fred Phelps and crew pepper spraying a gay pride parade? Then we wouldn't be so happy about it.
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as long as they are advocating the harm of others its their right to spew whatever crap they want just as its everyone elses right to counter them and mock how stupid they are and the reason why its so important it stays that way is because its not hard to move from that to getting rid of the right to disagree. Hell this is a videogame site, there are more then a few people who would love to see videogames removed from being protected speech, there is currently a case being seen by the supreme court about that right now. All you have to do is look at the history of comics and the mccarthy era to see what can happen when you start limiting speech. And really in the end these shit heads are doing more damage to them selfs then anyone else could, well assuming they dont have a bulldozerk3v1n said:
As much as I never thought I'd say this, I agree. It is important to preserve religious freedom (whether people agree or not), because to outlaw someones belief system is, to me, far worse then even outlawing videogames, because to outlaw a belief system, you're telling someone it is illegal to even think a certain way.Worgen said:
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oh I dont give a damn about religion, its all horrible to me, but I have a deep respect for the ability to say what we want without being punished for it (with the stipulation of not advocating harm)theSovietConnection said:
