04-22-2022, 08:18 PM
(04-21-2022, 04:18 PM)beez Wrote: @"Ninurta"
You know old man, I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one.
I'm a "name-caller".
I'm an asshole on many occasions.
I also enjoy the freedom of free expression.
I'll curb my tongue when I'm speaking to my boss, my wife, my mother. (My mom would still smack me if I said a swear and she's in her 80's)
But in the arena of politics and societal norms, the gloves come off.
Free speech was written into the Bill of Rights NOT to protect nice speech, polite speech, censored speech.
It was written to protect hate speech, offensive, speech, ugly speech.
Well, yeah, the First Amendment was written to guarantee protection of unpopular speech. I'm just the sort that would rather convince my opponent they are wrong than alienate them and convince them they are right.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’