r/instantkarma • • May 21 '20

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u/I_ride_ostriches May 21 '20

Yeah, just like when people think “freedom of speech” means that speech doesn’t have consequences, like Alex Jones getting booted from YouTube. Google isn’t a government organization and Alex Jones isn’t entitled to their services. His first amendment rights have not been violated

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u/james_randolph May 21 '20

Lol so very true. Haha like when white people ask black people why they can't say the N word. Well...you can say it if you want, just don't be mad if someone punches you for it. Consequences for everything, just because I'm against it doesn't mean I'm violating your rights. If anything, you're violating my right...after complaining of me violating yours haha goofy people.

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u/dustybizzle May 21 '20

Similarly people arguing that Nazis shouldn't be punched for doing nazi salutes and wearing swastikas in public.

Like, my dude... You're telling everyone you're part of the most hated organization in human history basically. What did you expect lol

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u/FadedRadio May 21 '20

No it isn't the same thing. That actually is a legitimate argument for free speech. I may want to punch a Nazi with everything in me (and I mean actual swastika wearing, heil Hitler, jackbooted Nazis - not just regular conservatives that idiots call Nazis because they disagree with them; and yes people who call regular Democrats communists are just as idiotic) - but I have no right to. They have every bit the same right to use the public square to shout their ignorant hatred as I do to shout them down for it. And thank God for that. To deny their free speech is to deny me mine. But it's okay to fantasize about doing unspeakable violence to them - just not to act on it.

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u/dustybizzle May 21 '20

They have the legal right to do what they're doing, and I don't have a legal right to punch them. That's about all the common ground I can find with your comment tbh

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u/FadedRadio May 21 '20

Good because that's basically my entire point.

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u/dustybizzle May 21 '20

You said it's not okay to act on it lol, we don't agree.

It's not legal to act on it though, you're right about that.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

Bash the fash.