Local Pastor Calls For Death of 'Queers & Homosexuals'

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IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

kanageddaamen said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

And there we have yet another American input.

Not everyone is capable of protecting themselves from hatred towards them. A minority who was unfortunate to be born in the middle of a racist community should not have to listen to everyones 'opinions' every day. They need protection from vocal discrimination.

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.

Your government may be elected by the people but it is still up to its own discretion to make law.  Yes you can vote them out butwhat do you do if the majority of people feel a certain way that is against what you feel is best for your life?

That is why we have the first ammendment, so no matter how much the majority may view ANY speech as wrong (because it could apply to anything, athiests, theists, video games, movies, racism, sexism, etc etc etc)  the majority cannot coerce the government into denying the rights of the minority by the majority.

We have the freedoms protected not because we like that other people can say what they want, but because we want to make sure our freedom is not taken from us in the name of the outrage of the majority.

It is a person's own responsibility to make their lives what they want it.  I for one believe in a general moral and social courtesy given by most people, and the way to remove this sort of idiocy is not by the government telling people what they can and cannot say, which just breeds resentment, but by having free and open exchange of ideas.  Show people why things are right and wrong, do not dictate to them what they can and cannot do.

And I am not offended by you using the term American, I just find it telling about your true feeling of tolerance.