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Originally posted by Charlatan
Labell... So you issue is not with the law per se but with the application of that law in the specific instance of the ad? If that is the case then I can generally agree with you.
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No, not quite.
Let me take another example.
I've had the unpleasant experience of being shouted at by anti-abortion protesters.
I've been told what a horrible person I am and how I am going to hell for helping kill babies.
Do I enjoy this?
No.
It is hateful, hurtful speech and frankly I've wanted to punch out the speakers on more than one occasion.
But the truth is I would rather live in a society where people can hold and speak hateful hurtful IGNORANT words than a society that bans speech and thought the second someone decides they are offended by it.
In other words, I fear your words far less than I fear the "thought police".