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Why Does the Left Hate Free Speech Now?
Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:44 pm
I honestly don't know when the worm turned w/regards to the Left & the First Amendment, or why. If nothing else, I thought the Left used to take pride in promoting themselves as the champions of free speech.
Is it because they know they can't competently defend most of their ridiculous ideology?
Is it because they know they can't competently defend most of their ridiculous ideology?
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:44 pm to KCT
They learned the power of shutting down debate when you don't let your opponent argue.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:46 pm to KCT
if you disagree with the left you are a racist bigot homophobic puppy killer and they will shout that until you just give up.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:53 pm to KCT
quote:Progressives find free speech uncomfortable. People expressing ideas that they do not support forces them to question their beliefs.
I honestly don't know when the worm turned w/regards to the Left & the First Amendment, or why. If nothing else, I thought the Left used to take pride in promoting themselves as the champions of free speech.
That cannot happen.
quote:Possible, but is more likely because they simply don't want to. It is easier to shut down an opponent than it is to debate them.
Is it because they know they can't competently defend most of their ridiculous ideology?
Posted on 4/20/17 at 4:54 pm to poncho villa
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:12 pm to poncho villa
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they will shout that until you just give up.
give up, hell! i have yet begun to fight!
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:14 pm to KCT
my experience is that most people love their own free speech, not so much for other people.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:16 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:I love free speech. I'll listen to anyone talk at any time.
my experience is that most people love their own free speech, not so much for other people.
Hell, you can't learn anything if you don't listen to other viewpoints, something sorely lost on the millennial progressive left.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:17 pm to KCT
Their parents, higher education, Hollywood are to blame IMO, they were never told "no" and everyone is the same. Now they have a cop out when they are challenged.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:19 pm to Hawkeye95
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my experience is that most people love their own free speech, not so much for other people.
Funny, but I don't see conservatives rioting in order to shut down free speech. You know, like your side has done at Cal-Berkeley a few times now. Or, the Trump rally in San Jose last year, or the Trump rally in Chicago that had to be cancelled.
Let's face facts, 95. 90% of goons & thugs reside on your side of the political fence. FACT.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:20 pm to Scruffy
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Hell, you can't learn anything if you don't listen to other viewpoints, something sorely lost on the millennial progressive left.
oh me too. But I don't think not wanting to hear other viewpoints is limited to millennials or the left.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:22 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:Maybe it is the lack of shining a light on it, but it appears that stifling free speech sure is.
oh me too. But I don't think not wanting to hear other viewpoints is limited to millennials or the left.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:23 pm to Hawkeye95
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oh me too. But I don't think not wanting to hear other viewpoints is limited to millennials or the left.
Not sure if serious
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:23 pm to KCT
Now? The left has always hated free speech.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:24 pm to KCT
When you can't win on substance, you win by silencing the opposition. By labeling them as various "ists", it is intended to make their opinions not worth listening to. If you have a label that makes people ignore your opinions, are you really still having an argument? People who don't want a label learn to keep their heads down and shut up, because labels can have real consequences.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:25 pm to KCT
The left loves free speech, they just didn't like the old definition that allows it to apply to everyone.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:25 pm to Scruffy
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Maybe it is the lack of shining a light on it, but it appears that stifling free speech sure is.
if you are a champion of free speech, then you must realize there is nothing I can do to interfere with your right to free speech. The gov't cannot interfere with your right to free speech, but individual/corporations/other organizations are not required to give you a venue for that speech. Nor are you immune to the actions of that speech.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:27 pm to Hawkeye95
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f you are a champion of free speech, then you must realize there is nothing I can do to interfere with your right to free speech. The gov't cannot interfere with your right to free speech, but individual/corporations/other organizations are not required to give you a venue for that speech. Nor are you immune to the actions of that speech.
right, then take away their funding
Liberalism is a religion to its kook followers, no govt money for that
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:28 pm to Hawkeye95
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oh me too. But I don't think not wanting to hear other viewpoints is limited to millennials or the left.
So you're saying opinions are like assholes. The only one you want to hear is your own.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:28 pm to Hawkeye95
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me too. But I don't think not wanting to hear other viewpoints is limited to millennials or the left.
There's a slight difference between not wanting to hear something, as opposed to burning property & beating up people in order to shut something down.
Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge the obvious? It only serves to make you look stupid.
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