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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!BROWNVM.BITNET!PL436000
  3. Message-ID: <POLITICS%92122218151403@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
  5. Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:11:27 EST
  6. Sender:       Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
  7. From:         Jamie <PL436000@BROWNVM.BITNET>
  8. Subject:      re:re: freedom of speech
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  11. This is getting nauseating. (Not singling you out, fred.)
  12.  
  13. Let's have a contest.
  14.  
  15. Who can be MORE in favor of freedom of speech for those with whom
  16. you disagree?
  17.  
  18. I'll go first. (oops, too late for that.)
  19.  
  20. I am in favor of freedom of speech for Nazis, Stalinists, cat-torturers,
  21. Rush Limbaugh, fast food restaurants, Freudians, Libertarians,
  22. Alabamans, and every other odious ideologue I can think of.
  23.  
  24. Wow. Controversial, huh?
  25.  
  26. Jamie
  27.  
  28. >If one group has freedom of expression, all groups do. If it is denied
  29. >one group, others must follow suit. Something to think about next time
  30. >you say someone doesn't have the "right" to express their opinion.
  31.  
  32. WHO said someone doesn't have the "right" to express their opinion?
  33.