kanageddaamen said:
Yes, it is an American input, and I make no qualms about that. We are a country that believes (or at least used to believe) that it is better to live with the consequences of protected, sweeping liberties than the spectre of constant government intervention in our lives. You also seem to be confusing the acceptance of someone's freedom as the acceptance of their views, which is patently false. Right and wrong is not for the government to decide. They should simply protect people from physical harm (eg murder, theft, etc) of actions of other people they do not willingly participate in. That minority born into a racist community has freedom to move to a non-racist community. If you are talking about a child, then it is the role of their guardian to provide a location that is condusive of a happy lifestyle. Their discrimination there is not the failure of government but that of their guardians, and other thinking, moral people who do not use their own freedom of speech to rally against such situations and bring awareness to the rest of the public. I do love the irony though, of you throwing AMERICAN around as a discriminatory term, while railing against discriminatory speech. |
Why do you keep assuming that it's our government that decides if racist statements should be illegal or not? Our people elected our government, and if we didn't agree with it then we wouldn't vote for it.
Bolded: And there it is again. Just let the people be discriminated, it's their fault if they are incapable of using their freedom to protect themselves.
I use the word 'American' simply because of the lack of an appropriate word in the context. If you really are offended by my usage of the word, then I will stop using it.
