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It is not because men have made laws, that personality, liberty, and property exist. On the contrary, it is because personality, liberty, and property exist before-hand, that men make laws.
- The Law
originally posted by: Plotus
The amount of citizens that will not put up with the censorship is evidenced by the amount of people who voted for President Trump.
Back to the OP... the dynamics of America's freedoms have come into question for so long, patriotism has faded to the point of apathy. And those willing to embrace Patriotism chastised.
Thus things like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution have been attacked and ignored. Look for calamity to fill the vacuum.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
The public censors, the ones who gleefully endanger free expression are indicative of the type of government they crave.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
No, we can't. You shout down anyone who says that some limitations on speech are absolutely acceptable in certain situations in civilized society as "authoritarian," and you claim that we are being trite with our realistic approach that all speech is not free from consequences. This is utter silliness, you have made your opinion known many times on other threads on this topic, and I'm not interested anymore in rehashing the relatively pointless discussion.
So I repeat: No, there is no ability to debate this topic with you, and it's disappointing that this is the case.
Best regards, but I'm not interested in participating in this thread any further--there really is no point, and I really did make that promise to my wife.