This author gets it; the events in Charlottesville tells us a lot about the PHONY media and their Fascist allies on the left.
But as much as these snowflakes want to make this about Trump and White racists, it says more about their desire to trample the Constitution and the liberty it represents. You do not have a right in this country to not be offended, and as despicable as the white racist message might be to some, they have a right to speak and assemble.
The left does not have the right to prevent them from speaking or assembling and Trump was 100% correct to condemn both sides.
Actually, hate speech is protected speech
Free speech and its limitations are on Americans’ minds. In the past year we’ve seen Nazis and white supremacists rally in our cities, angry protesters chase provocateurs off of college campuses, a comedian wield a bloody effigy of the president’s severed head, and slurs and overt racial animus made a staple of political discourse. Controversial speech has people talking about what restrictions, if any, society can enforce on words we despise.
That inquiry isn’t inherently bad. It’s good for citizens to want to learn more about the contours of our constitutional rights. The dilemma is that the public debate about free speech relies on useless cliches, not on accurate information about the law.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-first-amendment-slogans-20170608-story.html
But as much as these snowflakes want to make this about Trump and White racists, it says more about their desire to trample the Constitution and the liberty it represents. You do not have a right in this country to not be offended, and as despicable as the white racist message might be to some, they have a right to speak and assemble.
The left does not have the right to prevent them from speaking or assembling and Trump was 100% correct to condemn both sides.
Actually, hate speech is protected speech
Free speech and its limitations are on Americans’ minds. In the past year we’ve seen Nazis and white supremacists rally in our cities, angry protesters chase provocateurs off of college campuses, a comedian wield a bloody effigy of the president’s severed head, and slurs and overt racial animus made a staple of political discourse. Controversial speech has people talking about what restrictions, if any, society can enforce on words we despise.
That inquiry isn’t inherently bad. It’s good for citizens to want to learn more about the contours of our constitutional rights. The dilemma is that the public debate about free speech relies on useless cliches, not on accurate information about the law.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-first-amendment-slogans-20170608-story.html