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Originally Posted by Mr.Fiction
The constitution makes no exception for speech that offends other people. A few bad Supreme Court cases, which need to be overturned, are the problem. As long as everyone involved is a consenting adult, who cares if some people are offended?
How can you not be on the side of legal free speech featuring consenting adults?
Did you read the article? The defense tried to present an expert witness and the judge refused, agreeing instead with the prosecutor who said something like, "we don't need any experts to tell us what we saw."
Free speech threads on GFY are always sad.
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I'm just trying to say that rights privileged under the Constitution are rights that are debated and agreed / disagreed upon by individuals. What we think should be right may not be the same for someone else. Any other way, and you have a dictatorship with a predetermined set of rights that can't be challenged.
I really dislike what's happening with our Constitutional rights (being in the USA), especially after the wiretap Bush thing. And I'm sure there's many more who feel like I do. However, there's also a large group who don't feel like I do, which makes me fucked.
And until they no longer exist in the country I live, and no longer support those who disagree with how I feel, what the fuck am I to do; other than continue to try and influence others with my viewpoint and change the system.