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Reply #4: You do not have the right to not be offended in this country. [View All]

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EdwardM Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-23-06 06:32 AM
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4. You do not have the right to not be offended in this country.
Unfortunately, that comes with the 1st amendment. Michael Richards might have been incredibly stupid saying that crap, but it is his right to say it. The same way it is Fred Phelps' right to protest soldier's funerals, despite all the unconstitional laws several states have passed, but that is what the ACLU is for. Also David Duke has the right to deny the holocaust. If we are gonna have freedom of speech in this country, we have to deal with a few nutcases, and not sue them everytime we are offended.
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