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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Fair enough  What's your stance on, say, people physically protesting outside a theatre to get a show shut down. Freedom of Speech or Attempt at Censorship?
The main problem is that the lines can get hazy, my main take on this is that you can do what you want, right up to the point where you try to stop me doing something. |
Such demonstrations are fine, as long as they don't interfere with the ability of the theatre to do business, or its patrons to see the show. It is both freedom of expression and attempted censorship.
I've just read a
good post by Technolama where he paraphrases your sentiment (a popular one) like this:
freedom of speech stops where the rights of others begin. One of the themes of the post is how purveyors of hatred and intimidation hide behind their right to free expression.
To return to the original question: would it be okay to condemn a book published by known hate-mongers without reading it? Particularly if other readers have confirmed that it's the same old story?