night_son
Diamond Member
Absolutely I agree with you. German fascism must be entombed in the deepest hole of history. These punk kids who think they're n*zis haven't a clue the hell horror of human misery the symbols they wear represent. Sickens me physically when they prance around waving Reich flags. I say form a special counterterror unit to hunt them down internationally. All of that said, I don't ever want to live under a flag that limits my thought or speech.
Okay, but you already do.
You can't scream "Fire" in a crowded theater.
You can't make jokes about hijacking on an airplane.
You can't post kiddie porn on the internet.
They just closed down Backpage.com because the site promoted prostitution.
There are a whole lot of limits to thought and speech.
Should this be one of those limits? Maybe.
You've got me there. I am a law abiding citizen and some laws do limit my speech for reasons I accept on the basis of right and wrong. So I must switch to philosophical ethical reasoning with a smidgen of emotion to reach a conclusion on this issue. I will never question the Holocaust exactly because my grandfather rather than MSM or a history prof. educated me about its veracity.
Other side of the coin, in being a law abiding citizen I am concerned free speech or compelled speech laws could be passed in America one day for reasons other than those based on traditional universalist liberalism speaking to moral reasoning. Thus my championing of as unedited free speech as possible.
All in all we agree to differ only in the materials used for building the bridge.