I love it when a person complains about their freedom of speech being suppressed...

when really, they just don't want to deal with the idea that people don't like what they said.

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SW-User

And if I don't like what you just said, should I try to shut you down or allow you to use your own words, thus practicing free speech?
What I find distasteful is someone attacking you personally, because they do not like your position on the matter. Far worse than holding an unpopular opinion in my book.

puck61

@SW-User Excellent point of order. Less emotional and more impacting than my response. Nice!

SW-User

@puck61 Thank you!:)

I erased the first response that included the phrase "So what?"
Thinking that was a bit emotionally charged.

What you said is true, without free speech we are slaves to the whims of the popular sentiment of whatever times we live in, not good.

puck61

@SW-User My reference to college campuses stems from the fact that that is where the most suppression of speech and ideas is taking place in the US right now. Complete with physical violence to ensure censorship. Fascism.

SW-User

@puck61 I never thought I'd live to see the day that some liberals would try to shut down free speech? It boogles my mind somehow...I grew up in a house full of democrats who defend free thought and speech and taught me to do likewise.
Just saying people have the right to believe and express an opinion is not the same thing as saying you agree with that opinion?

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@SW-User That's a decision for you to make, within the bounds of your own freedoms.