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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
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Yes, but the only speech that needs protection is the speech that is difficult to hear. We as a society can reject abhorent speech, and we do all the time. When we allow the government to define it and control it, we will invariably slide that line until true freedom of speech is eliminated.
Instead, we must use those same public air waves to adamantly object to the hateful speech and expose the author for the bigot he is. I think that is what is happening with Williams, although there hasn't been any real penalty other than a career change.
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I understand that slippery slope. Like I said, I hadn't given it much thought. But, the standard of 'Americans rejecting hatred' is as not ubiquitous as it should be. Obviously. Nor is it in Europe where they have found reasonable cause to legislate against it. And, rather than moving forward into the new century with declining support for racist views, this is a time when you see more Americans rationalizing racial/religious/ethnic/cultural intolerance. That, too, is a slippery slope.