09-14-2017, 06:53 PM
(09-14-2017, 06:24 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:(09-10-2017, 09:07 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: As I'm seeing it, there are some countries that make it harder to insult and demean. The conservatives seem to get themselves all worked up emotionally if they can't insult and demean.
I would argue that being insulting and demeaning is a requirement for having freedom of speech. Some people actually deserve it you know.
Negative rights traditionally do not convey a right to harm. I don't see the exception.
I do confess a desire to lock extreme partisans in a room together and let them have at it. However, the absolute style of insulting and demeaning sought by some of the alt right has no limits on targets. They seem to be seeking to insult and demean for their own sake. This is not a good way to run a culture.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.