The Boston Free Speech Rally - Page 5 - Politics and Economics

One of the speakers at this rally is a guy who is literally only famous because he used violence against someone who disagreed with him, and for how he now revels in that violence.

Got a link to his social media? I'll be glad to call him a piece of shat and explain why he is?

Going to go watch GoT now. Will be back later for more bigoted remarks towards me.

08-20-2017 , 08:36 PM

#102

goofyballer

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Originally Posted by faxanadu

It didn't feature them. And it doesn't matter. Free speech is free speech.

rofl EVEN IF THE KKK put on a "free speech" rally faxanadu would be like "well we should agree on that, I'll go!"

08-20-2017 , 08:50 PM

#103

FlyWf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

Should they be against the law? That's a simple yes or no statement.

Should what be against the law?

08-20-2017 , 09:01 PM

#104

dlk9s

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I'm beginning to think that faxanadu doesn't know what he's talking about.

08-20-2017 , 10:02 PM

#105

Minirra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

I'm going to bat for anyone that wants to exercise their constitutional right. You find something inherently evil in that...

1A rights have been under constant challenge since the Bill of Rights was written. Suddenly some nazi- and KKK-types get harassed at a demonstration, and right on cue, here come all the newly-concerned Trumpkins with your feathers ruffled.

08-20-2017 , 10:17 PM

#106

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Originally Posted by dlk9s

I'm beginning to think that faxanadu doesn't know what he's talking about.

Lol

08-21-2017 , 12:53 AM

#107

faxanadu

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Originally Posted by Minirra

That's right they've been constantly challenged. And constantly defended. What changed is YOUR focus not mine.

08-21-2017 , 12:55 AM

#108

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

Should what be against the law?

What a coward.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

The right wing culture warriors have so abandoned even the pretense of having a ****ing point, now their rallies are in support of the message that "our ideas, though reprehensible, should not be against the law"?

08-21-2017 , 01:04 AM

#109

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Fly does not think their ideas should be against the law. He's laughing at the fact that "well at least they aren't illegal" is the last defense these idiots have for their sorry, discredited ideas.

08-21-2017 , 02:23 AM

#110

Bleh

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Good thread about BLM actually acting as peacekeepers.

08-21-2017 , 04:54 AM

#111

tomdemaine

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Going to be tricky to make an idea be against the law dont you think? Without some kind of mind reading device.

08-21-2017 , 08:21 AM

#112

Kafja

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

First paragraph:

"Donald Trump described anti-fascist and anti-racist demonstrators who converged on Boston as “anti-police agitators” on Saturday, in a tweet that seemed destined to revive the still simmering controversy over his remarks equating the far right and anti-Nazis in Charlottesville last weekend."

This is seriously embarrassing.

'The media calls teh free speechers nazis!!!'

[Long list of mainstream media articles that all refer to a 'free speech rally', do not refer to participants as Nazis]

'But the articles say that the protesters were anti-Nazi! This means that the free speechers are being called Nazis!' (This I take to be the point you're making?)

No it doesn't. I was gonna explain more at length here, but this is so obvious that you'd have to be functionally illiterate or deliberately acting in bad faith to pretend it is.

08-21-2017 , 09:26 AM

#113

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The KKK should really just rename themselves World Peace without changing anything. That way if anyone protests them they can be like, "how you can you protest world peace?"

08-21-2017 , 09:46 AM

#114

FlyWf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

What a coward.

I put it in quotes and used a question mark, but toefladu over here really thought he was gonna gotcha me so good. He really did.

08-21-2017 , 09:52 AM

#115

tomdemaine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

The KKK should really just rename themselves World Peace without changing anything. That way if anyone protests them they can be like, "how you can you protest world peace?"

Name's already taken unfortunately

08-21-2017 , 09:52 AM

#116

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

The KKK should really just rename themselves World Peace without changing anything. That way if anyone protests them they can be like, "how you can you protest world peace?"

"They want world peace, it's right there on their hats!"

08-21-2017 , 09:52 AM

#117

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Come to my Anti-Puppy Torture rally. We will have lots of speakers discussing the evils of puppy-torture. They'll be an assortment of food trucks, musical entertainment, light promotion of genocide...and FREE LEMONADE!

08-21-2017 , 09:57 AM

#118

tomdemaine

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Also it's a bit rich coming from the side of "a man is a man you'll never make me call him a her" to be concerned that their "free speech" rallies are correctly labelled.

08-21-2017 , 10:19 AM

#119

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Originally Posted by 13ball

Come to my Anti-Puppy-Torture rally. We will have lots of speakers discussing the evils of puppy-torture. They'll be an assortment of food trucks, musical entertainment, light promotion of genocide...and FREE LEMONADE!

FYP, imo.

08-21-2017 , 10:42 AM

#120

stinkubus

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Originally Posted by tomdemaine

Also it's a bit rich coming from the side of "a man is a man you'll never make me call him a her" to be concerned that their "free speech" rallies are correctly labelled.

Almost everything with these folks is like this. I cannot imagine what it must be like to have a world view that is informed by and expressed with nothing but rank dishonesty.

08-21-2017 , 11:26 AM

#121

Elbow Jobertski

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Originally Posted by 13ball

I think you just accurately described a PETA rally...

08-21-2017 , 11:49 AM

#122

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Fly does not think their ideas should be against the law. He's laughing at the fact that "well at least they aren't illegal" is the last defense these idiots have for their sorry, discredited ideas.

Then he should be able to answer the yes or no question i posed multiple times without cowardice.

08-21-2017 , 11:53 AM

#123

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

I put it in quotes and used a question mark, but toefladu over here really thought he was gonna gotcha me so good. He really did.

That presupposes that you think there is something you said that is worthy of a "gotcha me so good".

Pretty simple question: Do you believe certain ideas or speech should be illegal?

08-21-2017 , 11:59 AM

#124

tomdemaine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

Pretty simple question: Do you believe certain ideas or speech should be illegal?

Lol obviously yes. Speech such as "give me your wallet or I'll stab you" is illegal and with good reason. You can't make an idea illegal unless you're positing some charlie brooker black mirror style mind reading device which I'm against and fly probably is too.

08-21-2017 , 12:20 PM

#125

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tomdemaine

Even you are dodging the question. You know exactly what kind of speech I'm referring to. Meanwhile, a few of you have the nerve to call me dishonest. What a joke.

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