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RE: Free Speech is a right, but abuse it and you may lose it.

in #anarchy7 years ago (edited)

It depends. That's how life is, right? There's so much gray area. To me at least, it depends on the topic. For example, I have every right to burn my own flag since it is my property. I should be able to do that too without the risk of a violent attack by a flag worshiper. A person's hurt feelings do not justify violence.

I do not argue with people anymore over liberty. On Google+ the debates would get really heated and go on for 500 comment threads (that's when they would lock automatically). It didn't do much good though. Those people against individual liberty stayed against it. Those of us for it were wasting out time.

These days I simply further the message and live by it. Anyone paying attention will see my good example, hopefully, and then they can ask me about my beliefs and objectives as they are ready. I'm not going to force anything on them--not even my beliefs. If I refuse to stand for the anthem though, they had better leave me alone.

Yesterday I pointed out the image of the Nazi crowd with the one guy refusing to do the salute. That meme is "Be that guy." Well, what happened to that idea? It was okay for him to resist blind nationalism, but it is not okay for people here to do the same? There's plenty to protest about these days too.

All is not right, and people need to resist, protest, and do everything they can now. If they do not, worse things are coming. I'd love to keep everything peaceful and loving, but at some point a line in stone will be crossed.

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Sometimes speech hurts another's feelings and that may be inevitable. However, using our freedom of speech doesn't always have to be hurtful. When we purposefully abuse our freedom of speech and use it in the wrong way, we are destined to have others oppose our right to free speech.