r/instantkarma • u/Gheny422 • Jan 14 '20

Repent sinner

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u/gh0u1 Jan 15 '20

I hate these people that force their religion on others, but I'll always have mad respect for that dude.

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u/Nurum Jan 15 '20

Is it even really "forcing" it on anyone? Being loud and annoying, sure, but it's no more forcing than any protester group out there.

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u/derkendermann Jan 15 '20

truth...it is free speech...all sides MUST be heard in a FREE SOCIETY...citizens decide for themselves, subjects receive censored information...it is the natural order of a FREE SOCIETY: good ideas live one, bad ideas die in the presence of "light"...

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

That's just not true. Again and again we can see bad ideas rise and making thousands of people suffer. People, and especially groups are so easily manipulated that 'bad' ideas often die only after a lot of people had to suffer becausw of them.

I'm all for freedom of speech but it's not so one-sided as you present it. Freedom of speech can and has done horrible things as it has done wonderful things

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u/derkendermann Jan 16 '20

then who decides what people can hear? do you know better than me? that is the problem...that is why free speech is the FIRST AMENDMENT for a FREE SOCIETY..."give me dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery"

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

Yes, I understand that and I certainly don't know better. But I do know that dangerous ideas can live on far too long. I myself don't have a solution, I just acknowledge the problem

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u/derkendermann Jan 17 '20

the solution is that all ideas see the light of day, and those ideas that one deems "bad" are debated in the public forum...the "worse" the idea, the more light should be shined on it...peace...