Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-25-10 08:32 PM
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Other countries have hate speech laws. Why don't we?
Here is a rundown. It's too long to post what is in this article so I leave you with a link, but different countries make hate speech a crime if it can lead to hate crimes and genocide. Please read.
http://www.answers.com/topic/hate-speech#Canada
It seems our time has come to expand and refine exactly what the First Amendment does cover and what it shouldn't. btw, This was the reason Ann Coulter had to cancel her speech at the university of Ottowa in Canada after an appearance at the University of Western Ontario, where she made some racial slur.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/americas/25coul...
During an appearance Monday at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, a female Muslim student noted that Ms. Coulter had once said that Muslims should be banned from airplanes and should use flying carpets instead.
Ms. Coulter responded by telling the student that she could “take a camel.†Even before that appearance, Ms. Coulter had been warned by François Houle, the University of Ottawa’s provost, that someone who makes intemperate racial remarks can be prosecuted in Canada.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8020471be careful what you wish for DUmmy. If we had laws like Canada does, you all would have been in jail when Bush was President.
You accuse us of hate yet you forget when Alec Baldwin went on teevee (as you spell it) and called for Henry Hyde to be stoned to death. There was no call for hate speech laws etc then.
coti Donating Member (375 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-25-10 08:34 PM
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4. Well, sure, why don't we gut the First Amendment, while we're requiring
everyone to purchase a product from a third party, private corporation.
Are you trying to give the Tea Baggers and Freepers legitimate reasons to argue that we take away Americans' freedoms?
Our reasons are already legit. DU is proof of that. You call for us to be jailed and that we don't even constitutional rights all for the crime of not wanting your socialist dreams to be implemented.
bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-25-10 08:39 PM
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10. Because if you banned hate speech, you'd be gagging half the country.
actually less than half the country recent polls show libs at 20%
bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-25-10 09:23 PM
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71. That's why we should bring back the Fairness Doctrine
We should protect free speech, not inhibit it.
this reminds me of the clip Beck played of Eddy Shultz whining that he wants the fairness doctrine so he can have a career.
glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Mar-26-10 12:33 AM
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143. Technically America is a young Country. Hope we don't implode.
If we throw the dems out of office we may not implode just yet. But, if the left retains power we are screwn.
Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-25-10 10:04 PM
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93. how many threads did you see here that advocated the Updated at 6:43 PM
death of Bush or anyone else?
How were they received by the Mods?
I don't remember talk of violence and intimidation being allowed. There were occasional posts, but they were quickly removed as I recall.
all you have to do is go back a few days when Cheney had another heart problem or when Rush had chest pains. You will see tons of death wishes. Several threads at DU that are archived now called for Bush, Cheney, etc to be hanged at the Hague.
Like I said DUmmies be careful for what you wish for the GOP will be in power again at some point and all the limits you place on us will apply to you.
