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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Stepping outside of the real case and just into theoretical examples... do you believe there are no limits to the freedom of speech?
In 1944, should an American scientist have been free to announce to the world media how to make an atom bomb? Or should his freedom of speech be curtailed?
In 1943 should Japanese Americans have complete freedom to call on all ethnic Japanese living in America to sabotage American war efforts in any way they could?
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I personally think that America's interests would be well served if after or at the time these clowns begin their revolting little hate crime the local police come in and cart them off on some trumped up charges or other. It is necessary in my opinion that America makes an example of them to the world.
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Nope and neither does the US but there is a big difference between leaking military secrets, threatening others with physical harm, slander or openly inciting a riot and expressing your dislike or hatred about something. Carting them off to jail because they have a stick up their collective asses about the Quran or Muslims is really no different then carting somebody off to jail because they've expressed hatred towards a political party, a corporation or a local church.
We aren't just going to ignore a long standing American right that we've fought very hard for just to set an example. At the very least freedom of speech deserves the right of due process before its trampled on for a political gesture and that certainly isn't going to happen in time. You really advocate hauling innocent civilians off to prison on trumped up charges just to make a point? I know the US has done some fucked up stuff in the past but that would be pushing it pretty far.