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Published: 2011-06-09 20:35:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 3941; Favourites: 155; Downloads: 10
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I support the 1st amendment.People should have the right to express whatever they believe in, so long as they:
1. Do not cause harm to others or infringe on the rights of others.
2. Do not use blatant lies to support what they believe.
3. Do not speak with the purpose of silencing someone else.
Would I defend the rights of a Nazi to protest? Absolutely. Do I support Nazis? No. If someone said "I hate creationists" then that is a valid (but childish and stupid, IMHO) statement, but it is not right to say, "I hate creationists- shoot them". See the difference? One is expressing belief, the other is expressing belief with the ability to harm others.
And by the way, hate speech is relevant to this because it's not hate to be racist, but it is to be racist and to include anything about harming a certain race. If someone hates Jews, they can, but they can't include anything about killing or hurting them.
Get the point? Other freedoms are included in the 1st amendment that are just as important, but I wanted to focus on this one.
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WE SHOULD'VE BEEN OUT FOREVER AGO!
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I should've been out of school 9 months ago. ;D
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School lasts 9 months.
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Oh. xDD
I thought it had something to do with pregnancy and I was all like "lolwut?"
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one of my favorite quotes is "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" said by Voltaire.
And that's basically the first amendment! ^^ I agree totally!
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Voltaire was one of my favorites. Enlightenment thinkers were better than our modern ones.
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*nods* Not only is his name really cool, but he is almost poetic in his quotes!
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He was also French at a time when French was cool!
I'm bad.
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French never stopped being cool! XD Par le vou fronce?
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French comes dead last. Sorry.
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But... mi madre puede hablar francΓ©s! And it's a cool language! And their toast and fries are the best! And the way they say corn on the cob sounds like "enip peter mice"! And it's a romance language and... and it sounds cool!
French ish awesome! Second only to Japanese and Spanish! Oh and Latin.
ranty ranty ranty... goodnight!
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I'd tell you what I really think of it, the language, but there're too many French-speaking people on the site and I'm not about to say it.
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...how'd we even get on this topic? XD
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...And you should never yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. (I heard that in so many history classes).
Excellent point, though. Another way I've heard it put is that our right to swing a punch ends at the other guy's face.
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It's true. Don't do that, either.
Wow, that's actually really, really clever. I like it. I might start saying it.
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Well, I don't have the patent on it or anything
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I get scared to tell people i'm a Christian
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I'm not American, but I believe that free speech is an absolute must for any civilized society. I also agree with the three rules as you said
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Thank you for the comment.
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