One of the bills the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional yesterday was one banning Hate Speech. It might be fair to say that the author had "good intentions", however the Supreme Court quickly ruled that his speech violated the first amendment anyway!
It was interesting today to then read in the Secular Right of a real issue with "UN-free Speech". I really enjoyed this portion: "It’s certainly to be hoped that (at least when it is deserved) some degree of good manners be shown when discussing matters of religion, but the essence of good manners are that they are voluntary." Sounded much like the discussions we were having yesterday. And disturbing to think that adults, in an international role, are pushing the same types of attacks on our free speech as some of the Youth in Government students.
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