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In reply to the discussion: DU relentlessly mocks those whose ideas we disagree with [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)79. That's a very self serving attack on DU. I could if you'd like link to posts by you that take
positions far to the right of Third Way, for example your contention that gay people already have 'plenty of rights' and that 'there is only one right' gay people don't have. Third Way supports full equality at this point and they are part of the advocacy to pass ENDA which would give rights and protections in employment that LGBT people do not have today, in spite of your claims, in 29 States.
So you are in fact 'allowed' to make false statements as part of advancing views that are too conservative even for Third Way.
It's just bullshit to carry on like that 'plenty of rights' and then claim more conservative views are not 'allowed' here. It's really a shitty thing to do. There is no excuse for it.
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Legally, I think it should be okay, but I wouldn't blame customers for being very upset.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2015
#151
that cartoon is pretty hardcore. modeled after goya (saturn eating his children) only uglier.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#169
I'm not out to ban anything, just pointing out we already have restrictions on absolute speech.
randome
Jan 2015
#31
And here I am again wondering why you refuse to comment on the denigrating language religion
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#56
But it seems easy for you to propose limits to artistic or political expression that are 'offensive'
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#117
It's entirely possible that I don't see the issue clearly without walking in your shoes.
randome
Jan 2015
#118
What do you think of the publication of an obscene cartoon depicted Mohammed?
oberliner
Jan 2015
#76
This came in response to posts I've read arguing that we shouldn't mock religions
oberliner
Jan 2015
#39
Many of the same posters wanting to protect religion did the same for Rick Warren and other
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#35
It may come down to posting links to those who denigrated LGBT people for objecting to insults
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#119
In terms of people who claim a faith but reject the doctrines in their own lives, that is not a good
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#54
They don't just reject it in "their own lives". They reject it for others as well.
whathehell
Jan 2015
#69
Gee, even Francis openly supports the 'March For Life' and the RCC is one of the leading anti gay
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#85
Does Orthodox Judaism, Evangelical Christianity or Islam support gay rights?
whathehell
Jan 2015
#96
I point out the hypocrisy in all of those faiths. Evangelicals in particular.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#102
Why on Earth would you accsue me of 'hating you' when all I am doing is speaking up for my own
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#116
OR, those who do not support everything about their church, synagogue or temple, could be working
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#161
This is a problem, the trashing of a large section of the DNC, the Third Way runs as Democrats, work
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#62
Apparently you don't know, I am not libertarian, why are you doing this? Are you proud of the
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#99
Why are you lying about the Third Way not being a libertarian think tank? Just out and out dishonest
Rex
Jan 2015
#160
I do know what I am talking about ergo why are you lying. I say you sound like a libertarian.
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#162
That's a very self serving attack on DU. I could if you'd like link to posts by you that take
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#79
Being an underclass in Western society ought not to make your ideology immune to criticism
oberliner
Jan 2015
#137
"No one is saying no one has a right to make fun of anything they want"
Starry Messenger
Jan 2015
#149
This type of response is what fuels Republicans in their delusions of superiority.
gordianot
Jan 2015
#112
So when "family values experts" like Mike Huckabee display breathtaking ignorance on the subject...
Initech
Jan 2015
#122
This is true but, I don't think we are presenting our Best Selves when do this. We do it from a
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#136
Criticizing and mockery are two different things and one of them sometimes can have
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#154
"But mocking ordinary people who are not public figures, simply doesn't achieve anything. "
oberliner
Jan 2015
#155
Did it change his mind? That would be the test of whether all the mockery worked. Unless we are
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#159