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tsimionescu
1436 days ago
Isn't that the US free speech ideal? Didn't the ACLU use to defend the right of KKK members to hold rallies for exactly this ideal?
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angelbar
1436 days ago
Facebook is a private communication party.... they can be screaming their lungs out on the streets, if their goverments allow it.
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tsimionescu
1436 days ago
I didn't talk about the law, but the ideal.
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causi
1436 days ago
No, compelling a company to host speech it doesn't agree with is not the free speech ideal.
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yiamvino
1436 days ago
let me understand this right holding rallies / calling violence are synonyms to one another all comes under free speech ?
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tsimionescu
1436 days ago
What do you think the KKK would do at those rallies? Share cookies?
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Synaesthesia
1436 days ago
Even in the US with its exceptional.free speech laws, calls for violence or.murder are outlawed.
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howinteresting
1436 days ago
The ACLU was stupid for defending the KKK and I'm glad they've wised up.
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