The Right to be Racist by ANTHONYT

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The Right to be Racist

POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Monday, May 28, 2012 08:39
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Friday, May 25, 2012 3:36 PM

Freedom is Important because People are Important

http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/my-view-kids-have-fre
e-speech-right-to-be-racists-outside-school/?hpt=hp_bn1

Hello,

I agree with the author of this when he says students should have the right to say racist things outside the classroom without fear of reprisal from the government (in the form of a school.)

It is one of the core principles of our nation, and it oughtn't to be dismissed when it proves inconvenient. The fact that some schools were scrambling to find ways to punish students for what they said in their private lives is distasteful to me.

--Anthony

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Friday, May 25, 2012 5:55 PM

OONJERAH

John S. Wilson is a wise man. Good on him!

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Friday, May 25, 2012 10:06 PM

FREMDFIRMA

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"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."
-H.L.Mencken

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 6:22 AM

KPO

Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.

Good quote, well said Mencken.

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:28 AM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

I'm less enthusiastic about the rights of scoundrels... and I wish that most of the free speech debate lately was less about protecting the rights of idiots to say idiotic things, and more about exposing unpopular truths. Same Sex marriage was defeated in North Carolina. Not just defeated but almost annihlated, an ammendment to their constituion (try and dig that one out) a place with a concentration of some the planets' best universities. But I guess we got one victory, some dumb ass can say whatever he wants to about soccer.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:55 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

The rights of scoundrels matter.

If things get bad enough for long enough, you may find yourself the scoundrel.

Nothing popular or universally accepted needs protecting. As Freedom and Equality become less and less popular, defending scoundrels should become more rewarding.

--Anthony

Note to Self:
Raptor - women who want to control their reproductive processes are sluts.
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Never forget what these men are.
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -Thomas Szasz

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:19 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Same Sex marriage was defeated in North Carolina. Not just defeated but almost annihlated, an ammendment to their constituion (try and dig that one out) a place with a concentration of some the planets' best universities.

Also a place with a history of Confederacy, tobacco growing, and slavery.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:45 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

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Also a place with a history of Confederacy, tobacco growing, and slavery

Hello,

I don't think that Confederacy and Tobacco Growing are particularly regrettable. It's really the slavery that's the issue.

--Anthony

Note to Self:
Raptor - women who want to control their reproductive processes are sluts.
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Never forget what these men are.
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -Thomas Szasz

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Monday, May 28, 2012 8:39 AM

RIONAEIRE

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What kids say off of school property isn't school's business, with the possible exception of cyber bullying and regular bullying of kids they met at school and making their lives miserable, but other than that it isn't school's business. And maybe bullying off of school grounds is legal business instead of school business, kids might be less likely to do it if they think they'll get in real trouble beyond a repremand from a teacher.

But yeah, people do have a right to be "racist" (I think the word is stupid, if we were living alongside elves or Klingons it would make sense, but we're all people, so we're all of one race anyway), maybe ethnist is a better word. Its yucky and doesn't really make sense, but its their right if they want to be that way. I also have the right to ridicule them for it because that's my free speech right, it works both ways.

I assume you're my pal until you let me know otherwise.

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