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originally posted by: rockintitz
a reply to: Kali74
Let's put it this way, do you think violent riots are an appropriate reaction to someone's words?
Because that is exactly what happened from these 'protesters.'
In what ways do you see me, for example, not supporting free speech then?
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: butcherguy
I was being facetious.
Ok, so you do have a line.
I personally wouldn't protest someone just because their beliefs clashed with mine. I'm not saying they don't have the right to, just that it is hypocritical.
And cowardly.
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: Kali74
That's not off topic.
The first was written by the same sort that wrote the declaration.
They are synomous with each other.
It's quite clear:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth,the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
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ALL men are created equal.
ALL men are endowed by the creator by inalienable rights.
The laws of Nature and GOD entitlethem.
Freedom of speech.
Government ONLY has authority so long as it's the consent of the governed.
Infringing A right is verboten.
Under EQUALITY of people.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
a reply to: rockintitz
Ok, so you do have a line.
I personally wouldn't protest someone just because their beliefs clashed with mine. I'm not saying they don't have the right to, just that it is hypocritical.
And cowardly.
The Heckler's Veto is a common trend among censors, and is rising in frequency.
If Rights are "endowed by the Creator" what about the rights of atheists that would assert that a Creator does not exist and therefore cannot be the source of anything?
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
Is protesting outside an Anne Coulter speaking event being repugnant of free speech?
I had to look that up. Yes, you do see that a lot from colleges nowadays.
Which unsurprisingly lean left by a wide margin. And the speakers always tend to lean right.
But I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell me how partisan I'm being.