Restricting Violent Speech

[tater]

remember all the Fahrenheit 911 crap? Truther nut cases (talk about "blood libel").

Go back to the Cold War. There have been no shortages of less than civil conduct. We have McCarthy's rhetoric (crappy, but in point of fact VERY popular), then the opposition to McCarthy acting as if they had the high ground, even though they were in fact wrong (the were in fact Soviet agents all through the US government). They were also wrong in minimizing Communism (it was, after all, responsible for more murders than Nazism (even counting all the war dead from WW2 in the Nazi column). The famous "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" speech is always edited down to remove the fact that the same guy was talking about the risk of homosexuals in the military (and they intimated outside the hearings that Roy Cohn was gay).

So the 50s were pretty uncivil.

The 60s were filled with flag burning, actual violence and vandalism of a political nature.

The 40s... also uncivil.

We can do this for every decade, and likely people at the time thought it was the worst ever

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by tater

We can do this for every decade, and likely people at the time thought it was the worst ever

It is really no different than that fact that every generation thinks that the generation that follows them will be the end of all civilization.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

It is really no different than that fact that every generation thinks that the generation that follows them will be the end of all civilization.

In this case, Obama governance, it is entirely possible.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

In this case, Obama governance, it is entirely possible.

Don't start.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Don't start.

Following me again? I'm just trying to contribute to the conversation. I thought that was this board ws all about.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Following me again? I'm just trying to contribute to the conversation. I thought that was this board ws all about.

Last chance. Stop following me.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

I'm just trying to contribute to the conversation. I thought that was this board ws all about.

No, you're not. When the sole contribution to a discussion on political speech is repeated railing about anyone (even a president you hate) then it isn't conversation at all - it's trolling. And that's not what this board is about at all.

It looks like all you're really trying to do is stir up trouble.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, you're not. When the sole contribution to a discussion on political speech is repeated railing about anyone (even a president you hate) then it isn't conversation at all - it's trolling. And that's not what this board is about at all.

It looks like all you're really trying to do is stir up trouble.

The ignore function is bliss. Some people are simply not worth being heard, and/or are too much of an ideologue to have a conversation with. The only thing that sucks, is when people quote the troll, but otherwise, your ears are deaf to whatever vomit they happen to spew. ( Aside from vomit, wharrgarbl also comes to mind)