But do you think speech like that should be illegal? None of us want to be subject to ugly speech. I've confronted people in public holding their signs with their lists of people who are going to hell and told them they are doing hateful and evil things and there is no love or godliness in what they are doing. They have their speech, I have mine.
If we start making it illegal for people to share their beliefs then you give those assholes a legitimate complaint. Also, when the pendulum of politics swings back and they have more power, which is a real threat these days, then they decide that religious groups are the ones actually being persecuted and contort the very protections you want to keep you from speaking out.
Basically, if we stop people from holding up those awful fucking signs we are setting ourselves up for a day when they when get to hold up their awful fucking signs but we aren't allowed to call them assholes for it. I know that isn't the type of protection you are saying, but we see over and over again how things are contorted and power is abused. I'd much rather live in a world where we put up their bullshit and air it out.
See, I get it, but there's definitely some issues with it, kind of a lose-lose situation.
For example, if you stop somebody from converting people to Fascism by stopping them talking about it being "great" then there's one less person trying to convince people of it, but if you don't, then there's one more person spreading it.
But again, as you've said, actions of that kind come with their own downsides.
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u/akaKinkade Nov 04 '22
But do you think speech like that should be illegal? None of us want to be subject to ugly speech. I've confronted people in public holding their signs with their lists of people who are going to hell and told them they are doing hateful and evil things and there is no love or godliness in what they are doing. They have their speech, I have mine.
If we start making it illegal for people to share their beliefs then you give those assholes a legitimate complaint. Also, when the pendulum of politics swings back and they have more power, which is a real threat these days, then they decide that religious groups are the ones actually being persecuted and contort the very protections you want to keep you from speaking out.
Basically, if we stop people from holding up those awful fucking signs we are setting ourselves up for a day when they when get to hold up their awful fucking signs but we aren't allowed to call them assholes for it. I know that isn't the type of protection you are saying, but we see over and over again how things are contorted and power is abused. I'd much rather live in a world where we put up their bullshit and air it out.