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Originally Posted by _Opi_
I'm not that surprised that you agree.
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That I agree that the 'downside' of free speech is that you have to tolerate hateful speech as long as it doesn't violate the constitutional freedoms of others?
Yes, that's not surprising at all.
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Originally Posted by _Opi_
Yeah, I agree that death threats are very very bad. But uh, that's not the kind I was talking about.
And it's a shame that you can tolerate hate speech. I believe it should never be tolerated.
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"Tolerate" in this case refers to the legal right of others to free speech - this is what MysticCat and I are discussing. I actually deleted a post similar to his just to prevent this kind of misunderstanding.
It should not be surprising, therefore, that I support the right of the Muslim community to speak out and protest these kind of characterizations as offensive - in that sense, I don't expect "tolerance" in the sense of non-response or laziness.
You're in law school, no? Seriously - this is a basic tenet of the founding ideals of the US. It sucks because we have to deal with bigoted idiots - but it's FAR better than the alternative, no?
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