What about pro-choice advocates demonstrating outside of a church that is pro-life?
And here's your reminder that the paradox of tolerance was a literal footnote in an entire body of work extolling the virtue and desirability of tolerance. It should not, under any circumstances, be used to justify or excuse active intolerance.Meanwhile, those of us living in the Real World, as opposed to fantasy land understand thing a little better;
But then understanding for one's self is more difficult than unthinking sloganeering.
Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia
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How much should we be expected to tolerate activism that openly calls for the punching, knifing, raping, decapitation, or killing of those who disagree with their objectives?
Hold on... Please explain this in more detail.
My position would be that such actions go well beyond "activism" and should not be tolerated at all/
Killing Jews was a major tenet of being a Nazi. Killing Jews is not a major tenet of being a Palestinian.
UK justice system is out of its tree. Using song lyrics to convict people is outright insanity. I defend the right of people to write fictional songs about whatever the hell they please.
Irrespective of your view on Hercules, I'm actually more interested in the inability of people to understand the way in which principles underpin law.
Ooh ooh ooh, I know this one!
Which is not the same as what Emily's Cat said.
Police powers of arrest: your rights
The police's power of arrest and your rights - procedures, identification, reasonable forcewww.gov.uk
To arrest you the police need reasonable grounds to suspect you’re involved in a crime for which your arrest is necessary.The police have powers to arrest you anywhere and at any time, including on the street, at home or at work.
Police cannot force you to go to the Station with them, unless they arrest you. However, all they have to do is say they suspect you of posting a hurty tweet that they consider breaks the law, then they can handcuff you, place you under arrest and force you to accompany them.
Even if it later turns out to have been a false arrest, and you end up suing them... it's too late. They have put you through the wringer of the arrest and detention process... remember, that process IS the punishment!
Its a major tenant of Hamas, and yet folks here seem to think it should be ok and legal to march around the street with a Hamas flag. But not a Nazi flag.
No. No, it wasn't that. Don't get me wrong, Sheffield has produced many fantastic bands over the years, and it also produced Def Leppard.
Combination of events over the past several years where female citizens of UK have been taken from their homes for "interviews under caution" relating to them having opined that all males are males... and google:
I agree... but a rather large number of people seem to be just fine with it.
It's a major tenet of the groups who are in charge of that area. It has been pretty much forever. But don't feel left out - they want to kill you and me as well.
No, we can't. It's actual people on the street doing the protesting, and the advocacy. And it's actual people on the street carrying signs and placards calling for the death of a group of people they dislike, and making speeches calling for people to punch those groups of people on sight.
Even when what you say and believe is dehumanising and degrading? Even when what you say and believe is that certain kinds of people are subhuman and do not deserve human rights? Even when what you say and believe is that certain kinds of people can and should be killed indiscriminately?
Why do you insist in using straw men. Hamas was not mentioned in the post I quoted or in my reply. Perhaps it is your opinion that there is no difference between Hamas and the Palestinian people?
If offensive & annoying speech is not protected, no speech is safe from censorship.
Yes, even moronic and idiotic speech should be protected. However just cuz the government cant censor and punish such speech doesn't mean the private sector has to tolerate it. For example, private employers, stores, restaurants, museums, etc, don't have to tolerate hate speech. They can kick you out or refuse to serve you.
Then perhaps you should have asked about the flags of those groups. The Palestinian flag predates those groups and their symbols by a considerable margin. The Nazi flag, on the other hand, originated with the Nazi party and was a symbol of their genocidal policies.