You have not answered my question. How does racism, or racist hate speech, support democracy? History has proven you wrong on countless occasions. These agendas have only ever been used to destroy democracy not strengthen it.
"Supporting democracy, to me, means including all voices, as a base principle."
once again, we return to the flawed absolutist free speech argument. Free speech can, and has, cost people their lives. Free speech is not free. The cost of disregarding the limits on it are the sacrifice of other values we cherish, such as freedom of minorities from attack, privacy, even utilitarian welfare-of-society arguments.
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Date: 2009-10-27 02:57 pm (UTC)"Supporting democracy, to me, means including all voices, as a base principle."
once again, we return to the flawed absolutist free speech argument. Free speech can, and has, cost people their lives. Free speech is not free. The cost of disregarding the limits on it are the sacrifice of other values we cherish, such as freedom of minorities from attack, privacy, even utilitarian welfare-of-society arguments.