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Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness
freedom of speech works perfectly well if you happen to be a KKK member, since minor stuff like preaching the racial supremacy of the white race is all fine and dandy in the good old US of A
its only when you do something REALLY evil - like showing Muhammad on southpark - that freedom of speech seems to run out.  |
Well... don't confuse official "freedom of speech" with threats from zealots resulting in self-censorship. Two different things.
Frankly, "Freedom of Speech" encourages the clowns and morons to make public fools of themselves so everyone else can more easily "spot the loony" (like the KKK).
The Southpark thing was basically a corporate coward move and last I checked, threatening to kill someone is still actionable legally in the US. That needs to be dumped on the zealots (be they Christian, Muslim, whatever) like a ton of bricks.