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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:53 PM Original message |
A counter to the Supremes' detestable Westboro decision proposed by a Maryland Dem congressman |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. And protesting national party conventions must |
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Boswell (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. agree with the anger |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Free speech is "detestable"? |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. agree |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Yep. The six Westboro protesters were 10 football fields away. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't have the right to use your private life to promote my view on public causes |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You can. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well...I'll think about it. |
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CommonSensePLZ (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Fuck them |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. O.K. then so do you agree.. |
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CommonSensePLZ (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Use whatever sweeping pseudo-logical binds you want. The family deserves to have a peaceful funeral |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They were 1,000 feet away. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. The SCOTUS decision was an affirmation of free speech |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's a fool. (NT) |
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Unrepentant Fenian (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Keep Free Speech Free... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think they made the right decision. |
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CommonSensePLZ (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. What is needed: A distinction between "Freedom of speech" and "Harrassment" |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Good point...sexual harrassment isn't considered "free speech" |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. That is what I think, too. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Detestable? The Westboro case was a pretty open and shut First Amendment case. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't agree with his proposal at all. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. The right to be left alone is the beginning of all freedom |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Did the Westboro church trespass on private property? |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. If you get in my face in public |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Were they in their faces? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. When your freedom of speech impacts my right to privacy, which shall prevail? |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. In this case, the firm footing was one thousand feet away. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. As 'disgusting' as that decision might seem, the Supreme Court made the right decision |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. Westboro's behavior is detestable. The Supreme's decision was correct. |
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