tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254220269580914765.post5672047147230366967..comments2023-03-21T00:51:47.746-08:00Comments on The Epistle Of Jim: Dealing with Hate: "An Open Letter to Westboro Baptist Church"Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873671545938014251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254220269580914765.post-90919939992857833002011-02-20T14:32:30.846-09:002011-02-20T14:32:30.846-09:00I agree with you Jerry (or Mr. 08a0c...). I belie...I agree with you Jerry (or Mr. 08a0c...). I believe that good ideas will win out over bad ones. I recall a time at Duke when someone who was a revisionist (saying the Holocaust never happened) was a speaker somewhere on campus. The question was, whether he should be allowed to speak. I thought he should...so you know what the truth is up against. A bigger question is this...if someone donates a revisionist book to the public library, should the library have it on the shelves? Is that censorship or is that conserving your shelf space for books that aren't lies? <br /><br />That said, I think the WBC has a right to spout out whatever nonsense they want. I'm not so sure they should have the right to do so outside of military funerals or such although I'd have difficulty restricting them. And, my self-righteous side would kind of like for someone to shut them up...at least for a while.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873671545938014251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254220269580914765.post-60943236673074197692011-02-20T09:12:53.698-09:002011-02-20T09:12:53.698-09:00The thing is, Free Speech is Free Speech. If you ...The thing is, Free Speech is Free Speech. If you start stopping this bunch of assholes, then who's next? You? Me? The Anonymous? Once you start down that slippery slope, where does it end? You can only present your ideas in opposition to theirs and hope those listening can tell the good from the evil, for these 'christians' are very evil indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com