Incitement
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Pulp Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 1 | So the point of this is, do think people and groups who's words and actions foster a culture that is tolerant of, encourages, or celebrates the violent, inappropriate, or irresponsible behavior that allows a person to justify in their mind the committing of a crime such as the murder of Dr. Tiller should be held accountable and punishable? Do you think the first amendment covers hate speech and incitement? Should hate preaching be monitored or restricted in public forums? |
Darkromance Banned Age: - Gender: - Posts: 322 | It matters on the situation. Sometimes people realize what they say and how wrong it sounded after saying it and are regretful. Sometimes people are ignorant or naive, but then become less and less of those things as they gain more knowledge, thus realizing how foolish they sounded. |
Richey Edwards. Demolition Lover Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 16507 | The way I see it is...if you dont mean it, then dont say it. Like making a promise, if you dont intend to keep it, then dont say it. |
Catharsis Jazz Hands Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 261 | People should follow these three simple rules 1. say what you mean 2. mean what you say 3. but dont say it mean |
Fever Killjoy Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 7 | Good one there, Catharsis. I like it. I believe everyone is responsible for what they say/do, so while the inciters are responsible for saying hateful things, only the murderer is responsible for his crime. It was his choice to act on others' hateful words- unless their goal was to get the guy killed, which it wasn't- it was to stop abortion. Right? |
emmahudson88 Killjoy Age: - Gender: - Posts: 1 | Pulp: i don't understand the question. __________________ Watch The Big Year Movie Online Free |
brandleys; Death Defying Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 186346 | I think the first amendment includes hate speech, but I also think people should be held accountable for their words. If someone commits a crime against someone else because of the words of others, then they should be held accountable for them because they were the ones spreading the hate. So basically, if violence ensues, then it's their fault and they shouldn't use the first amendment as an excuse. |
Finnick Odair In the Cannibal Glow Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 50222 | I think any threat against someone's life should be taken seriously, even if it's only posted on the internet. Because it's better to be safe than sorry, and if the person didn't mean it literally, it'll sure stop them from doing it again in future. |
brother nero; Always Born a Crime Age: - Gender: - Posts: 6778 | All I see is that if you're "pro life", then you shouldn't kill anyone. Killing someone in the name of life...how dumb is that? I don't think that people should be held to account for every word they say, but a threat to someones' life is serious, and it should be taken as being. And the people making threats should really think. If the police or whoever took these threats seriously, some people would be in a lot of trouble. Threatening someones' life is never a joke. Freedom of speech yeah. It's youre choice what you say. People will react to anything you say. And if you say something serious, people will react seriously. What do you expect? Your words matter. |
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