Reply #46: U missed the point. [View All]

I believe the point he was making is that if you support free speech, then you support the right for people say dumb ignorant stuff. This is not in any way saying that you condone, accept, agree with or believe in that speech. You simply believe that government regulation of speech is worse than any potential benefit.

Now just apply this concept to property rights. What do you value more? The right you use your property as you wish or the rights of others not to be treated unfairly by others. Once you start giving government the say on how you may use your property there is no end in what they can do and you essentially lose control over it. I think this was his point with the gun thing.

I just wish there could be an intelligent honest discussion about issues instead of what I saw on the Maddow show. I wish it would have been a debate over the rights of minorities vs the rights of property owners. Instead we got - You are a racist aren't you?, now defend yourself. I was very dissapointed in this interview.