27th May 2004, 3:47 PM
Quote: I'm not condoning it. Did you not read what I posted above?
You don't? Sure sounds like it, with what you were saying... how stupid he is and how they shouldn't have to listen to it sounds to me a lot like saying they were not really doing something wrong... it wasn't right but it was right? Kind of sounds like what you are saying.
Quote:Well, the ideological side of me is thrilled he got drowned out, of course. He's wrong. He spoke the wrong stuff to the wrong audience and got what he deserved. That's life. As I said, no one is guaranteed the right to be heard. You said before that you disagree with white supremacists but respect their right to speak. What if they decided to speak at a black church? What about filibustering? It's the same damn thing. Rude, crude, but it's a part of free speech.
Besides, I also stated above that conservatives, especially at predominantly liberal universities and colleges, are the targets of repression worse than this. No one really seems to care about it, though.
Filibustering is different, it's not just blocking speech it's stopping a law you don't like from being passed. Different category.
Oh, and I doubt that any black church would give speaking time to a white supremacist, so I doubt that that situation turns up very often. :)