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originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: notsure1
So what?
Now you're conflating obscenity laws with Nazi's?
Dude.
You are all over the place.
I'll give you a trophy if you just think a little bit before posting again.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: notsure1
I'm not a troll.
Believe it or not but I'm an advocate for free expression.
originally posted by: Abysha
a reply to: notsure1
Not that DC needs defending, but look at what he's saying.
He's one of the ones "on the right" that aren't your enemy. Look at your interactions with him. You both instigated one another.
We need to recognize folk on the other side who will eventually be on our side. By "our side", I mean the only side that's left to choose when it comes down to binary morality.
I'd tell him the same but he's reading the same #.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: notsure1
I never trolled the thread.
I called you out for being dishonest in your portrayal of wanting free speech.
You want conditional speech.
Why won't you just admit it?
originally posted by: notsure1
originally posted by: Abysha
a reply to: notsure1
Not that DC needs defending, but look at what he's saying.
He's one of the ones "on the right" that aren't your enemy. Look at your interactions with him. You both instigated one another.
We need to recognize folk on the other side who will eventually be on our side. By "our side", I mean the only side that's left to choose when it comes down to binary morality.
I'd tell him the same but he's reading the same #.
He is saying that I am against free speech because I think swastikas should be illegal. Thats it in a nutshell.
originally posted by: Abysha
originally posted by: notsure1
originally posted by: Abysha
a reply to: notsure1
Not that DC needs defending, but look at what he's saying.
He's one of the ones "on the right" that aren't your enemy. Look at your interactions with him. You both instigated one another.
We need to recognize folk on the other side who will eventually be on our side. By "our side", I mean the only side that's left to choose when it comes down to binary morality.
I'd tell him the same but he's reading the same #.
He is saying that I am against free speech because I think swastikas should be illegal. Thats it in a nutshell.
I can't say I agree or disagree with that.
In my Utopian brain (which is adorable, by the way), I imagine swastikas, confederate flags, and crucifixes outlawed. But 1st amendment is 1st amendment.
Is a swastika flag protected by that? I'm not sure. I'll let a court decide because they understand law better than I do.
This isn't my utopia. My taxes pay for wars my religion doesn't support and their taxes pay for abortions they don't support. I accept it all and vote my conscious.
But what I do know is that every time a swastika is presented in my town, I hope it is met with startling anger and outrage. Every time. Boycotting, protesting, pickets, and all that. Because that is also protected.
So no... I can't say it "should" be illegal to wave a swastika.