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Originally posted by luciddream
reply to post by undo
So we should openly promote hate speech? under the guise of "freedom of speech?
That how things get started. Until another law allowed supremacist group emerges.
What does degrading someone else bring one person? why should it be allowed? can someone openly say they are a pedophile? a serial killer? hey those are just words.. right?
imagine, a movie actor goes on to say, "hey i was a closet pedophile". Why should he lose role in movies for that? its not like he committed anything.edit on 6/24/2013 by luciddream because: (no reason given)
I think you are over stating the other side of the argument. I do not believe is talking about actively promoting such hateful words. That is, unless you are a music industry or movie industry exec. In which case, you promote and sell all the hate speech you possibly can.
Originally posted by luciddream
reply to post by undo
So we should openly promote hate speech? under the guise of "freedom of speech?
The slippery slope fallacy is a poor way to execute an argument.
That how things get started. Until another law allowed supremacist group emerges.
A boost to their self esteem, as the cost of someone else's.
What does degrading someone else bring one person?
for a few reasons. Free speech is the primary one. But beyond that....if people are free to say what they want, doesn't it make the idiots that much easier to identify? Do you want people being disingenuous only to make you feel better? Despite how they really feel? Where I am from, that kind of person is called a snake in the grass.
why should it be allowed?
Yes. They are just words. However, the limit comes in at slander and libel. There are subtle differences that even our courts sometimes struggle with.
can someone openly say they are a pedophile? a serial killer? hey those are just words.. right?
imagine, a movie actor goes on to say, "hey i was a closet pedophile". Why should he lose role in movies for that? its not like he committed anything.edit on 6/24/2013 by luciddream because: (no reason given)
Paula Deen's Unlikely Defender: Bill Maher
imagine, a movie actor goes on to say, "hey i was a closet pedophile". Why should he lose role in movies for that? its not like he committed anything.
It is also her right to hold dear and enjoy that culture, just as you do yours. If you want to misinterpret her intentions based on a word, that is also your right, but I would hope you would realize that others have the same right to despise your culture, and you by extension, if popular sentiment takes such a turn.
Originally posted by luciddream
Culture will conflict with law.
So, bad things from culture should be allowed?
There is a "good" term for the N-word?
Originally posted by whyamIhere
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Paula Deen's Unlikely Defender: Bill Maher
I almost never agree with Bill.
Interesting video of Bill Maher's defense of Paula Deen.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
reply to post by luciddream
There is a "good" term for the N-word?
In my culture, as in Paula Deen's culture, it simply means "black."
We attempt to not use it, since it has caused so much uproar, and it was at one time used as a slur. But those days are long gone, and it is nearly impossible to decide to suddenly stop using a word that has been a part of the common language.
TheRedneck