Atheists & Agnostics

beam me up scottie

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17. You won't find many in this group who will agree with you about incitement.

Sun May 10, 2015, 04:47 PM

May 2015

Charlie Hebdo is still too fresh in our minds, and the Geller incident just made it that much worse.

Speech is never a justification for violence. Geller's bigotry - no matter how offensive - didn't provoke two people into shooting at her group; that's all on them.

If we made hate speech illegal, much of what is preached from the pulpit would have to be banned.

Besides, I would rather have bigots parading their hatred around out in the open where we can keep an eye on them.

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Thank you for cross posting this. Behind the Aegis May 2015 #1

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So true! Behind the Aegis May 2015 #12

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I hope we don't have to find out. beam me up scottie May 2015 #6

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Becoming quite a dilemma. Who to hate the most. mountain grammy May 2015 #8

Isn't god guilty of inciting violence? beam me up scottie May 2015 #9

BIG thank you to BMUS for cross posting this here LostOne4Ever May 2015 #10

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You won't find many in this group who will agree with you about incitement. beam me up scottie May 2015 #17