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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumbasses bait other dumbasses.

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THIS! Of course it was wrong for the gunmen to show up and start shooting. Nobody is denying that.

But if I (as a white person) stepped into a bar where a lot of gun-toting AAs hung out and I went off on a racist rant, I would probably get hurt or killed. It would still be assault/murder on their part, but it also would have been incredibly stupid on my part. Same thing would happen to an AA in a redneck bar in the south. At some point, we have to stop thinking that Freedom of Speech allows us to be violence-inciting idiots and we need to take personal responsibility for our actions.

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I disagree.  Freedom of speech should allow us to say dumb accidentally or purposefully offensive things.  That's what it's for.[/quote]

Of course.  Otherwise Fox News would be in jail.  And I'll protect the Klan's right to say what they want, and even that God Hates Fags group.  But I despise the Klan and I despise that group.

The point is that we can still dislike these people for what they did.  They provoked a reaction. They had no other reason to hold the event except for that reason.  It is quite douchebaggy.   I could stand on the sidewalk next to some megachurch in East Texas holding posters depicting Jesus as a creepy child molester, and I guarantee you that one day someone is going to punch my lights out.  Would he be wrong?  Yes.  Would I be legally protected? Yes.  But am I acting like a douchebag?  Yes.[/quote]

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