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Originally Posted by topsquark  I think the issue is not too much freedom (though I readily admit that there are many who should keep their mouths shut in the sense of being insulting). One of the rights that all people in the world at large have that they tend to forget is the right to not pay attention. Sometimes the best way to deal with someone insulting is to ignore them. (With the given example of the KKK, as individuals I think we should merely ignore their rhetoric. Obviously we shouldn't ignore them if they do something illegal.) |
But you are missing the point. They are spreading lies, which can make many people turn against a group of people. As I said they can say whatever they want to say, but the problem is what they say can become dangerous. If the Klu Klux Klan was simply a hate group there would be no problem with them, but they are more than that, they can become dangerous.
We have Censorship here on MHF. Any lies people spread about math, for example, .999... is not 1, we close that thread.