Forum Post: Freedom of Speech, is it important?
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 23, 2011, 3:39 p.m. EST by bluedoghunter
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How important is freedom of speech to you? Is it important?
I do think freedom of speech is important, but not when it interferes with other rights. You have no right to speech that causes harm to others and infringes on their rights, for example, hate speech, slander, threats, extortion ... I think most reasonable people would agree. I know John Stuart Mill did.
No right to speech that causes harm to other people and infringes on THEIR rights? Are you kidding me? I'd say that well over 75% of those who have participated in this so called "movement" haven't abided by those guildelines. Where does Mercy for Animals fall into your category?
It's not 'my category', although I do agree with it ...
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech/#JohStuMilHarPri
Are you <> kidding? Hey... What the <>!? I just came here to talk about Ron Lawl? Ron Lawl? What the <> is going on here? [:)]
Freedom of speech is everything to me. Also, Jesus believed you shouldn't beg for things. You should do it yourself or else you won't get anything. Was Jesus a capitalsit?
In so many words, yes he was.
It's important enough to be the 1st amendment to the Constitution.
Too bad the 1st amendment to the Constitution doesn't have a place with this website, or this movement.
I agree that it should. I'm very upset about it actually.
Btw Ron Lawl Ron Lawl Ron Lawl Ron Lawl
Fascists. <_<
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Very very,it's paramount. Let's put it to good use.
http://occupywallst.org/forum/heres-a-thought-why-not-try-to-attract-more-people/#comment-418015
Hope this helps, and Happy thanksgiving !!(hope it's still free to say that, other than on a company logo)
It's free, as long as they agree with you. If not, free speech is not tolerated.
I depend upon freedom of speech.
It must be remembered that
Corporations Do Not Have Tongues
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That's an ignorant statement. If corporations don't have tongues, neither does your waste of a cause.
gimme the pliers!!!
bwAAhahaha!!
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-- Direct Action - Proposal before the committee: A Demonstration of Tongues . . . . Nov. 13, 2011
http://www.occupywallst.org/forum/direct-action-proposal-before-the-committee-a-demo/
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-- Trending on Twitter - Corporations Have No Tongues . . . . Nov. 13, 2011
http://occupywallst.org/forum/-_-trending-on-twitter-corporations-have-no-tongue/
Looks like no brain either. Thanks for proving my point.
it is my delight to do all that I may . . .
It is by far the most important thing.
And yes that includes hate speech.
It's important, but hate speech should be out of the question. I'm Canadian.
Is it ok to say I dislike anarchy?
Sure. That's not hate speech. Anyhow, you don't have hate speech laws in US so you can say pretty much what you want.
I hate haters. So much.
And the haters hate you too .
It's not ok to criticize 2012 campaigns. talk about LAWL
I hate Lawl too.
I hate censorship
I guess my point here is that those who AGREE with the Occupy Wallstreet Movement are given a FREE PASS to scream, bitch, and use profanity as they wish on this website. In fact, they are encouraged to do it. Yet, when someone who takes the same approach disagrees with the movement, this website will BLOCK their IP address. The folks who run this website are nothing but a bunch of hypocritical assholes who can't take what they dish. That's the bottom line.
It seems to me that they can't handle ambiguity. You can support Occupy outright, or you can bash it .... from what I gather, you can't attempt to view it objectively and offer up reasonable criticism.
My criticism will never seem reasonable to you or anyone else in this movement, for the very same reasons you just indicated here. You can't view your own movement, or corporate structure, objectively. The majority of this movement are blinded by jealously, and their own personal greed.
I think I disprove your point singlehandedly. I posted some stuff that was extremely critical of Occupy and I never got banned and none of my posts were deleted.
Well apprently you are the chosen one, because that was not the case from my point of view. I was cursed at, and torn down with language that was absolutely disrespectful. Yet, I was the one who was banned under another user ID. In addition, this website frequently and publicly calls out users who do not comply with the beliefs of the movement, referring to them as trolls. Yet, they encourage "troll" behavior in their movement's members, no different than a terrorists would. This website is a disgrace to free speech, a disgrace to the idea of debate, and the people who are responsible for it should be thrown in jail for desecrating this country.
Can you show me a link where this website claims a certain user is a troll?
You aren't looking hard enough. It happens frequently.
I'm not going to do your job. If you can't show me even one mere link, then I can't take your argument seriously. Don't be lazy. Do a little work to support your claims. Laziness is lame. Your not lame are you? What's the point of making claims if you can't even lift a finger to support them?
Sorry, not living in front of my PC. There are numerous topics dedicated to calling out objectors. I'm not concerned at all about proving anything to you. Those responsible know what they are doing.
Then, why did you waste your time posting a lame assumption? If you only have a bit of time in front of the PC, I would suggest you use it wisely. Write good posts with good arguments and backup your claims. It makes you look weak to come here, drop an assumption, then forgo the act of backing it up.