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to point out the parent literally emulated the description of prejudiced un thinking responses to 'wrongthink' that they were apprently trying to rebut?

stillbourne 7y ago
Of course, I get it, you don't seem to understand what an argument is! Silly me, You see when constructing a rebuttal to a point from your opposition the correct tactic is to retort with a dissenting position and back up your statement with counterpoints. You also seem to be under the impression that just because a statement is made that you favor, that means that statement is valid. My point is when someone states that the earth is flat, you don't bother engaging in an argument on why they are wrong, there is mounds of evidence to the contrary if someone takes such a fallacious position. Your rebuttal to my point is: Nah-uh, he stated the world is flat therefore the world is flat. Yes, I know that the parent states we shouldn't block people from going to venues and stating the world is flat or blocking them from going on TV and saying the world is flat, or going on social media and saying the world is flat, or even going to our institutions of education and saying the world is flat. What you fail to understand is while you are allowed to believe that the world is flat and state that the world is flat, that does not mean that you are entitled to the pulpit upon which you pronounce your bullshit from. There is nothing in the first amendment that entitles people to a venue to defend ignorance or hatred. For example, replace the argument from my previous statement, "the world is flat," with the statement, "the KKK is right to suggest that races other than European whites are inferior." Are you entitled to your opinion even in the face of evidence to the contrary? Yes. Are you entitled to go to a college campus and spread your message of hate. No. You are not. Again, you are free to your opinion and the speech you use to make those statements. You are not entitled to a pulpit to spread your message, if a venue does not agree with your opinion then it is their prerogative to decline your presence. It is not punishment, it is a statement of dissent to the opinion of the speaker. One that they are entitled to. That too is free speech.

stillbourne 7y ago

Of course, I get it, you don't seem to understand what an argument is! Silly me, You see when constructing a rebuttal to a point from your opposition the correct tactic is to retort with a dissenting position and back up your statement with counterpoints. You also seem to be under the impression that just because a statement is made that you favor, that means that statement is valid. My point is when someone states that the earth is flat, you don't bother engaging in an argument on why they are wrong, there is mounds of evidence to the contrary if someone takes such a fallacious position. Your rebuttal to my point is: Nah-uh, he stated the world is flat therefore the world is flat. Yes, I know that the parent states we shouldn't block people from going to venues and stating the world is flat or blocking them from going on TV and saying the world is flat, or going on social media and saying the world is flat, or even going to our institutions of education and saying the world is flat. What you fail to understand is while you are allowed to believe that the world is flat and state that the world is flat, that does not mean that you are entitled to the pulpit upon which you pronounce your bullshit from. There is nothing in the first amendment that entitles people to a venue to defend ignorance or hatred. For example, replace the argument from my previous statement, "the world is flat," with the statement, "the KKK is right to suggest that races other than European whites are inferior." Are you entitled to your opinion even in the face of evidence to the contrary? Yes. Are you entitled to go to a college campus and spread your message of hate. No. You are not. Again, you are free to your opinion and the speech you use to make those statements. You are not entitled to a pulpit to spread your message, if a venue does not agree with your opinion then it is their prerogative to decline your presence. It is not punishment, it is a statement of dissent to the opinion of the speaker. One that they are entitled to. That too is free speech.