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Originally posted by rrpjr
But I think everybody should say whatever they want -- including slurs and insults as they wish -- without having to take 12-step programs for it. It's called free speech. When did we get so delicate?
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The funny thing is, no one here has attacked free speech or suggested that 1st Amendment rights should be curtailed. That is the purview of the Bush administration, these days. So your argument is specious, IMO. The 1st Amendment exists to protect unpopular and/or offensive speech, period. This would be a prime example of such, and I would be the last one to deny her the ability to expose herself and her defenders for what they are by uttering such garbage.
Having a strong, functioning 1st Amendment doesn't change the fact that something is extremely offensive, however, and it is appropriate for other, better people to exercise their right to condemn it.
Get it now?
