Bookman
Campaign Veteran
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155gr wrote:
155gr wrote:
Very well said!The fascist-like diatribes I'm reading here are amazing. They disturb me as much as socialism. The right to speak ones mind is a beautiful and amazing thing, if you agree with the statement. It's also a wicked and horrible concept, if you disagree with the statement. It's amazing to me that someone so dedicated to the idea of America would risk his or her life on the battlefield to protect these rights would then demonize those that would utilize these rights to express a different opinion.
This carries a common and destructive misunderstanding of freedom of opinion and expression. I will defend your right to have your opinion and express it. I will also defend the right of someone else to say your opinion is crap.
Your right to your opinion does not include the right to have other people respect what you say. It only includes your right to be able to say it.