On this board I've seen people who clearly state their hatred of religion and call those who believe in a god mindless sheep.
Should they be banned for hate speech?
I have seen people tell other people they are "bad parents" because they use a child harness.
Should they be banned?
I have also seen Democrats call specific government leaders "evil" as well as Republicans in general.
Should they be banned?
No, no and no.
My point is that it is easy to start banning speech that we don't like as "hate speech" but in reality, freedom of speech means that we will sometimes have to hear or read things that we don't like.
We tolerate this so that we have the same priviledge when it comes our time to speak.
As to individuals who call homosexuality "evil", I prefer to use education while these dinosaurs die off rather than try to legislate what they can say and think.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis
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