Who decides what is hateful and bigoted?

That is why the 1st amendment exists.

If you arbitrarily place what is hateful and bigoted, in a way that would allow someone to have their freedom of speech revoked, then you've given those powers of compulsion to an entity to act against others.

When that happens, there is a very short distance to go from banning speech among any dissident viewpoint. What if the speech is hateful against the Republicans? Or Democrats? Or Socialists? What if it is bigoted against Nintendo fans?

Just because he makes horrible statements about a group of people doesn't mean he should be tossed in jail and permanently silenced. That is how opressive regimes come and stay in power. Dictatorships hate dissent. If we remove speech from people, even if its vile, we'll begin to peel away at other rights of speech. No debates for fear of reprisal. No discussion for fear of jailtime.

Remember, at one time, it was radical and likely hateful to demand equality for women, blacks, or gays. Now we're arguing for the pendulum to swing the exact opposite way and jail people that would question some things. That doesn't make their viewpoint right. But it should allow everyone to hear such viewpoints, and debate if they are right or wrong.

In America, they are allowed to.

In fact, we had a neo-nazi march a few years back in my local town.

Do you know what happened? 3 skinheads showed up. About 100 others showed up with signs that derided the Neo-Nazis. Clearly their freedom of speech did more to invoke words against their behavior than for it.

Interesting.

Do you want to know what happened in Germany 70 years ago when thousands of Nazis started doing the same thing?

You can't stop people from having ignorant opinions. But you can stop them from spreading them.

Vocal minority groups now have more power than the silent majority. Political correctness is an unfair and undemocratic practice. The majority have to go with the flow or face being persecuted by the PC crowd.

lol @The1 trying to promote hindered or monitored speech. Keep your backwards beliefs in sweden where they belong. Here in America, we be free to say as we pleae without some govment ridin our back.
OT: A little extreme imo, but I think his heart was in the right place.

^An American has spoken.

Edit: And not only the government thinks that holding racist speeches in public should be illegal, but over 95% of the entire population. The way you're thinking is just plain ridiculous.

lol, the bible

@The1
Everyone is misinterpreting this man. He didn't call for the death of gays, he claimed that if we put them all together, they would naturally die out. He of course forgot straight couples produce gay babies, not gay couples so his plan clearly wasn't well thought out.

I hope all queers and homosexuals die too.




I would be so upset and jealous if they turned out to be immortal beings.

I totally agree. If memory serves me correctly the old testament also supports stoning prostitutes, going to war and slaughtering women and children etc.,

I was taught Christians are suppose to forget all that stuff and focus on the new testament way.

Christ never threatened anyone with death or said they should be killed. As you said that's for judgement and the afterlife or whatever.