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Old 02-21-2021, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Edjkoz View Post
You make some good points. I often wonder where the outrage is as we continue to lose our right to free speech. The cancel culture has taken hold and there the push back is minimal. Our right to free speech is being assaulted everyday and people don’t seem to mind. Our culture is moving more toward the way it is in China. People can go on with their lives on a day to day basis with no problem. Just don’t say the wrong thing.
But no one has taken away your right of free speech. You can say nearly anything you want without fear of being taken off the street and locked up. You can say nearly anything you want without finding yourself in court facing some penalty. You are free to say what you want.

What you aren't free from is others taking exception to what you said and and using their freedom of speech to object. You have the right to speak, you don't have the right to demand others agree with you.

That said, the cancel culture needs to stop. The lack of tolerance, the lack of even an attempt to understand one another is killing society and ruining our country. It needs to stop.
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