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A comment on Gab.com’s Response to Congress. Parent comment

Re:Gab.com’s Response to Congress by mc32 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:28AM (#28392484)
I think we can all agree we vehemently disagree with people who threaten our existence. We still do not have a right to inflict physical violence upon those who are voicing their opinions, no matter how vile they are. Now, of course you may be rightfully upset and unwind, but that is not a protected right.

If you disagree with the above, I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding of the intentions of the first amendment to the US constitution.

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Re:Gab.com’s Response to Congress by ohgodplsno on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:15PM (#28397437)
The first amendment to the US Constitution only applies to the US Government. The government cannot prevent you from spewing your bile. It in no way applies to interactions between individual citiizens. You a dreadfully mistaken if you think it's a free pass because "muh free speech".

Additionally, hate speech is also violence, and you cannot hide behind free speech to say "but look, you're doing physical violence to me". So, yeah, beat up nazis.

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