I've been teaching government and the Constitution this summer. You are right about the need to protect 1st Amendment. But there is one limitation to free speech.

If the sperch involves an overt sense of violence or threat of physical, psychological, or other harm is not protected. A speech where an outrighr threat is spoken or applied is not protected. This includes such actions as cross burnings, which are classified as an overt psychological threat, or a hangman's noose outside someones house, school, or church.

That's why it is illegal to yell "fire" in a darkened theater. The implied threat of harm or injury as a result of peoples reaction to the threat is not protected.

That's because nobody like lies. Conservatives or otherwise.

Jacar if you want to be taken seriously, quit hiding behind a cartoon on your profile. You've bern hidingbfor a year now. Can't take a cartoon serious.

..aggressive - passive..?

I believe I was focusing more on the reality of certain peoples behavior. I don't believe I was adding to the negativity that they possess. I simply stated that it would be nice to have a positive attitude when dealing with particular situations in your life.

@tiger78: And I was saying it would be nice if you didn't do exactly what you accused others of doing.

I unfortunately have had that experience, a man I admired very much, a british atheist, civil and gay rights activist who had worked wonders in his long life time, turned out to also incredibly, a right wing, Tory voting, capitalist scumbag who practically worshiped Margaret Thatcher.
What was really odd was that he could see no conflict in these two sides to his personality.

True, very true.

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing

@Jacar m You realize, of course, that the verb is "do", not say or write or scream. It is always action that drives change.

@Spinliesel Ahhh, the old, "If you don't have something good to say, say nothing." Exactly. Well, no.

"He who decides the rules, decides who loses." The categories you list are a reflection of the rules. To me, they are not good categories to be used to determine one's vow to silence.

There are many issues that are in need of exposing, no matter they fit in any of those too-broad, artificially limiting, constraints.

And: why is it so many people think, and spew, that those concepts are wrong?

Why do you think it is wrong to be racist? It appears way too many people defend this obvious "moral" without ability to articulate any philosophical justification as to its reason for being.

"Xenophobic" is a deeply genetic survival instinct. This is not something that can be easily overcome. Especially in a time when such a sense is telling us something is wrong.

@Antidronefreeman I was hoping to get a reply from the poster.

@Antidronefreeman and I thank you for exercising your right to it .

I'm only speaking of my experiences when discussing the topics in my post. I first heard the word ideologs used by Jordan Peterson years ago and it kind of stuck with me. If we were to discuss every person or group who resort to name calling, we could be here awhile, a long while.

@tiger78 you should have made it clearer in your post to whom you were referring.

@Marionville I thought I did. I apologize for any misunderstanding. Anyway, have a great day!

@tiger78 you too!

I wasn't name-calling towards any 1 single person. I was focusing on a particular group of people that I've had experience in the past with when dealing with the issues I've mentioned in my post. A dog is a dog, a Varn is a Varn and a liberal ideolog is a liberal ideolog. It's not name calling if it's true.

@tiger78 Sounds like broad-spectrum name-calling from here.. You denounce a spectrum of individuals, those individuals denounce you, and you fill unjustifiably picked on..? Then you get all specific, here? ..I’d say you’ve more than asked for it

Yes, exactly. Isn't drumpf the champion of name calling?

True I currently have six alerts for things that I have said. Apparently I pissed off the conservatives who continuously call me a snowflake.

@Theresa_N true how many times have we all been called a libtard?