Quote from spect8or:
Ah, lefties.
They get teary-eyed about freedom of speech when the subject is smearing faeces on the American flag or dipping a crucifix in urine. They're only too happy to see etc muzzled, fined or jailed, however.
somone referring to others as lefties, is quite right of them, right,
righty? i am allowed to call you "righty"? fine. so we have that settled.
let us see: "smearing faeces on the American flag", "dipping a
crucifix in urine" versus "sexists", "racists" and "antisemites".
hm, i am usually not getting "tear-eyed" by the first, but i am
actually quite in line with the latter getting "fined", "muzzled" and
if appropriate: "jailed". and i would guess that your post indicates
that you see it the opposite way (with all ifs and whens it will
boil down to that).
"smearing faeces on the American flag", and "dipping a crucifix in
urine" at best is placing violence on ... things. they might be very
precious to some, and they are to me, but they are ... things. or
better to say: symbols for something else. and this else cannot
really be hurt from my perspective in a way that would justify
muzzling, fining or jailing. poor art is poor art and stupid utterings
speak for themselves. would not care too much.
on the other hand "sexists", "racists", "antisemites" are directly
hurting people. not via their belief but by there very nature, their
sex, their race or their origin.
so let us bring it down to: i care more about people and you care
more about symbols and ... things. can sign to that, righty.