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Skriven 2007-04-13 09:37:37 av Gregory Weston (16948.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
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In article <tjkt13ptl4kcgdg3j4pv3bfvpq03k05i5u@4ax.com>,
 Wesley Struebing <strueb@carpedementem.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:45:29 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >I'd also like to make a point here: when I say "held accountable," I don't 
> >mean necessarily stifled.  What Imus said was ugly, and bigoted, but it 
> >wasn't hate speech -- unless we're now trying to say that all insults are 
> >hate speech.  But there _should_ be ramifications, and if sponsors don't 
> >want 
> >to be associated with a bigot, sure, they should pull out.  And if a 
> >broadcaster doesn't want to be associated with a bigot, they should fire 
> >him. 
> > But I don't think that kind of speech should be stifled.  I find it very 
> >useful to know exactly who the bigots are, and who I should no longer give 
> >my 
> >money to (cough cough, Mel Gibson).
> 
> Well said, but I just have one question;  once the bigots are
> identified and removed, how is that not stifling their speech (it is
> at least removing their platform)?

It is removing the platform, but that's distinctly not the same thing as 
stifling speech. The right to free speech guarantees that you can say 
(pretty much) anything you like. It doesn't promise a podium or an 
audience, though.

G
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