Re: Racism
Originally Posted by
realspeed
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What happened to freedom of speech? This is why people want to live in the UK
This is the thing that bothers me, what with Twitter, Facebook and the like deleting posts and banning people who they disagree with.
Freedom of speech.
We all have our own opinions, and they are things which no-one can take away from us. I'm sure that they'd like to, in order to control us more, but they can't.
Consequently, they do what they can: deny us the right of free speech.
In a civilised world, if we were allowed to speak as we wish, some would agree with us and others would disagree with us. That is perfectly understandable and acceptable.
So why is it not possible for us to state our opinions freely, yet accept that others will disagree with us?
More importantly, why is it not possible for those who disagree with others' opinions to state
why they disagree and enter into a civilised discussion about the matter...
instead of automatically issuing the tired-old 'RACIST' accusation?