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Bluenorthwest

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10. Uh, no. I oppose hate speech laws. Let me put it another way. I'd feel better about those who get

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 18, 2015, 05:59 PM

Jan 2015

'upset' by Rush or some cartoons if they were not extremely casual about venomous language that comes from politics and religion.
If you are ok to have a Party that uses McClurkin and Warren, but moved to action about a radio show that says something. Perhaps the boycott is very righteous. I despise Rush. But to me, once you invite a guy who trash talks others to be your officiate, it's hypocritical to boycott someone for trash talking others. 'If you use denigrating speech toward others we will either boycott you or hire you as our official surrogate'.
The people who keep inviting creeps to trash talk me are boycotting another creep for trash talking others. What they should be doing is not inviting people to trash talk me.

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I have to disagree with Bill Maher about boycotts and free speech [View all] Silent3 Jan 2015 OP

I disagree too, but I can understand his bias on this topic. arcane1 Jan 2015 #1

There are always free speech and free commerce solutions to speech one finds offensive. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

A boycott is an act of free expression and free speech. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #3

I agree. djean111 Jan 2015 #4

I'm a big believer in free speech... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #5

Too many people jehop61 Jan 2015 #6

Since you leapt to gay issues, I will say that the Rush Boycott strikes me as a tad much out of a Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #7

There's nothing about free expression that requires consistency Silent3 Jan 2015 #8

Uh, no. I oppose hate speech laws. Let me put it another way. I'd feel better about those who get Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #10

I myself am certainly not casual about "venomous language... Silent3 Jan 2015 #15

What an odd thing for him to say. cbayer Jan 2015 #9

I say boycott, but people who boycott Rush while praising the Pope are clearly saying anti gay trash Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #12

You would have a point if I could find anything at all to support cbayer Jan 2015 #14

I was discussing the same thing with my husband as we were watching that segment. MoonchildCA Jan 2015 #11

"Free speech" is about what the government can (or cannot) prevent you from saying; truebluegreen Jan 2015 #13