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Originally Posted by ardeegee
One thing I've long noted is that some people believe is that "freedom of speech" equals freedom from being taken to task for your speech. Person 1 states view, one or more people reply stating opposite views, person 1 cries that everybody is trying to deny his freedom of speech or that they are bullies-- or the old fallback "that is just your opinion!".
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In his first Inaugural Address, President Thomas Jefferson said, "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
Whether one agrees or disagrees with his theory of government, I think the admonition to allow dissension is admirable.