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Originally Posted by animedude01
I have to agree. Lots of people _claim_ America is the land of the free and you're free to speak your mind, but that's only until you say something they personally don't like. Then they try to shut you up by any means possible. It's really ridiculous, but it seems to be how humans are wired. They all seem to feel "My way is the right way, and don't you forget it!"
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I agree with this, but I think it's better to live in a place where people claim to be for free speech than in a place where there is no pretense of tolerance. I remember being aghast during the Vietnam War when my fellow leftists tried to shout down those who disagreed, when I just wanted to prove them wrong. Now it's the right-wing doing it most of the time, headed by Bill O'Reilly and his "Shut up!"
Luckily, most of us have unpopular opinions on some subject or other, so we have reason to band together and support tolerance.