Do you think free speech should be a right?

@sophia89: world wide

I think the better question is why not

No shit?

No. We should be slaves to our government.

i wish someone chose who the hell cares

Of course it should be, the days of living in the oppressive and racist Apartheid government are over. Now we can use that free speech from our democracy to heavily criticise what morons my current government is.

Absolutely. It's one of the stances that I am most passionate about.

Yup.

You from South Africa?

finally someone said who the hell cares

@nerevarine_11: Yeah, absolutely. Just waiting, once again, to see if our current idiot of a president will be recalled from his duties by the National Executive Committee of the governing party. Fingers crossed.

There are no rights. Only privileges, that can be taken away.

Yes. In any society, freedom of speech should be absolute.

That's changing though. THere is a push from many sectors attacking it. Not to mention the whole PC "Hate Speech" thing. Which is just a mask to attack that right.

Duh

President-erect thinks otherwise when it's negative and aimed at him.

umm not always the best thing TBH.. KKK, ISIS, IRA. etc not always a good thing.. freedom of speech is fine but what freedom of speech can incite is scary..

damn right

Yes

Freedom of speech should be a right in all societies. In the United States it is a right that is guaranteed by our Constitution, and is defended by law makers, police, and the military. In the Supreme Court. Throughout our history, especially the last hundred years, the Supreme Court has been markedly careful to err on the side of protecting free speech in most, if not all, of its decisions. I can cite the major ones if needed.

ISIS has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Dunno about the other two.

All terrorist organizations, so freedom of speech is not applicable there.

Freedom of speech should be universal, however so is the right of other people to tell you to shut up, they do no care or you are annoying.

They should be allowed to SAY what they want. Acting on hateful speech is another thing entirely.

Yep, free speech works on both sides of the coin.

maybe it came out wrong.. i guess.. just there are 2 sides to each coin..

Yes...

Absolutely. The ability to use it when it is most important, peaceful protests and voicing discontent with our government or other situations in life, is more than worth the ability to misuse it with hate speech and casting insults at others.

Everyone has the right to speak their mind. They do not have the right to be listened to.

Indeed. I was just saying that those groups are way past using their freedom of speech.

Absolutely. I'm tired of SJWs trying to silence dissenting opinions in their attempts to impede on everyone's rights. It's childish and ridiculous.

President Trump does not agree with you

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!

-Donald J Trump

Of course it should.

Of course.

Not the first time he's proposed anti-Constitutional authoritarian restrictions on free speech and freedom of the press.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/24/on-freedom-of-the-press-donald-trump-wants-to-make-america-like-england-again/?utm_term=.9e2f25cca9f3

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

From the GPOAT.^.

It's over, WillPayton. I have the high ground!

Trump takes heat for wanting to outlaw flag burning -- but Clinton wanted the same in 2005

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/29/trump-takes-heat-for-wanting-to-outlaw-flag-burning-but-clinton-wanted-same-in-2005.html

BEFORE DONALD TRUMP CALLED FOR FLAG-BURNING JAIL TIME, HILLARY CLINTON DID

http://www.newsweek.com/clinton-trump-flag-burning-punishment-526581

Hillary Clinton co-sponsored bill to jail flag burners in 2005

http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/29/hillary-clinton-co-sponsored-bill-to-jail-flag-burners-in-2005/21616900/

In 2005, Hillary Clinton co-sponsored a bill that would make burning the American flag a criminal act punishable by one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-burning-american-flags-130203852.html

a) What do these statements have to do with each other? Because both involve fire?

b) Trump's opinion on the matter isn't exactly uncommon, and was a huge issue during the Vietnam conflict and the Iraq/Kuwait conflict, with a fairly large number of proposals to amend the Constitution. All of which failed.

to clarify, 'dumb' in this context refers to 'mute', not 'stupid'.

Stupid is quite capable of making noise too.

@rubear:

We are talking about our President...

How is Clinton relevant to this???

Also posting 4 articles about the same bill doesn't mean you have 5 different points lol

Seconded.

I know and you couldnt be anymore right about that last bit..lmao

@beast_mode999: WillPayton is ardent Hillary Clinton fan and her word is kinda divine revelation to him)

Just because others have called for curtailing freedom of speech doesnt mean it's ok for Trump to do it too.

"Two wrongs make a right" is not "high ground", but it certainly appears to be the Trump supporters favorite argument in making excuses for all the bullshit that he says. I guess if you cant defend what he says you can try to distract and confuse people.

Also, Trump went further and claimed that he wanted to take away citizenship from people for flag burning... showing how clueless he is because the Supreme Court a long time ago ruled that you cannot take away citizenship from anyone no matter what they do. Trump's ignorance is legendary at this point. Trump's presidency will be the biggest shitshow in history.