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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Nobody has suggested they should not be free to say it. Of course they are. The question is, would it be ok for them to say it? There's a difference.
For example, am I free to say "You're a fat pig" to a person I don't know, just because that person is overweight? Yes, I'm free to say it. Is it ok to say it? No, it isn't.
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It's not socially okay, of course. Thoughtful people don't act that way. Thoughtful people don't behave the way I think the "Twitter mob" must be acting, from the comments here. It's not nice-okay. It's still free expression-okay, though, and that's the okay I'm thinking of.