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In reply to the discussion: DU relentlessly mocks those whose ideas we disagree with [View all]whathehell
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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