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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't recall anyone saying she was an advocate for free speech, rather that her right to free speech, even if hateful or provocative, is protected--just like other hateful and provocative groups like Westboro. There is a big difference in claiming someone is an advocate for the 1st amendment and stating they are entitled to its protections.  Moreover, supporting her 1st amendment rights is not the same as supporting her message.[/quote]

Au contraire, many posters in the original thread said that she is standing up for Free Speech.  In fact quite a few of them seem to deny that her goal was provocation at all.

I think all of us, liberal and conservative, accept the fact that what she did is protected speech.  What we question, which apparently [b]most of the conservatives [/b]do not acknowledge, was that she was engaging in hateful provocation.  [/quote] Quite the hubris to claim you can ascertain the political affiliation of anonymous posters, unless of course you have a target on the posts of people on your board. Exactly when did free speech be one a conservative vs liberal issue? I guess I thought it was an American issue.[/quote]

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