[MD] Free Speech

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> There's a difference between advocating (free speech) and acting (physical
> violence).
> 
> [Arlo]
> As far as I know, neither Hezbollah nor the KKK physically assaults anyone in
> their audience, when they are rallying, but both advocate violence against a
> particular group of people. Back when the KKK were in their heydey, you would
> have censored them?

Yes. Also I would prevent any KKK member from serving in congress. Would you?
 
> [Platt]
> How so? As for your hypocrisy, you claim tolerance, but bash who you consider
> "stooopid" at every opportunity, like conservatives who speak at colleges for
> not living up to so-called academic standards, as if there was only one right
> way to think -- your way.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I claim tolerance and support of free speech. I never said everything everyone
> says is high Quality. The KKK, for example, are hardly high Quality
> intellectuals. Unless you are imlpying that all positions, groups and speakers
> are equal intellectually. I never took you for such a "relativist".

I know you claim tolerance. That's why I think you are a hypocrite because
you are intolerant of people who don't meet your intellectual standards, just
as Dawkins and other science types are intolerant of those who have religious beliefs.  









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