Reply #11: I am a free speech absolutist, and therefore I don't think it should be banned. [View All]

[Yo_Mama]

Offensive speech serves to make the speaker look bad. Do we want OWS speech to be banned? With free speech, you defend all or you defend none.

I really do not favor the government controlling speech. This does seem to be speech. We've come a long way from Brandenburg principles, haven't we?
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0395_0444_ZO.html

If we are so weak and flimsy a society that we cannot tolerate such a thing, we have adopted a psychological burka that will render the next generation unfit to live in a free society.

The great era of liberalism in the US coincided with a growing respect and legal observance for freedom of speech and assembly. This is no accident, and it pains me to see speech restrictions so thoughtlessly advocated on what is supposed to be a progressive forum.