[quote=“Tigerman”]You’ll note that I never attempted to stifle his enthusiasm. Rather, I was exercising my freedom of speech in disagreeing with his ideas. That is what free speech is really all about.[/quote] 19 Apr 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]But then, how do we set a standard for appropriate, non-offensive statements? I mean, its fairly easy to agree on prohibitting hateful racist, sexist speech and posts that threaten violence.
But, how do you set a standard for other speech that might be offensive to some but not to others?
The essence of free speech is the freedom to both state opinions and rebut opinions.
As long as we are free to rebut (and or ignore), I think that should suffice.[/quote] 21 Apr 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]My primary concern now and always is the protection of free political speech. [/quote] 30 May 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]But, if it were/is political… what’s wrong with that? Free speech.[/quote] 16 Jul 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]WTF!? She is permitted to make vulgar jokes about President Bush, but Republicans are not permitted to comment on her jokes or to hold opinions regarding the same? What is it about the concept of free speech and expression that so many liberals simply do not seem to understand?[/quote] 17 Jul 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]Are you saying that insults are NOT covered by the general right to free speech? Are people not free to insult George Bush? John Kerry? Tony Blair? A Bian? Annette Lu?
That doesn’t seem like the free speech I know.[/quote] 24 Jul 2004
[quote=“Tigerman”]They [i.e., some of BroonAle’s posts] were crude, no doubt… but they nonetheless constituted political speech, which I believe is deserving of a high level of protection. Moreover, I do not understand the complaints that such posts destroy or harm the integrity of the threads. How so? When you come to such a post, it takes about a half of a second to read it and then you go on to the next post. 2) Obviously, my notion of free speech differs substantially with that of the administration. I have nothing but respect for the administration, and I consider Forumosa to be an excellent website, as good as any I’ve ever seen and far better than most. But, I believe that political speech is worthy of a much higher level of protection than are most other types of speech.[/quote] 25 Jul 2004
[quote]I favor free speech rights limited by the restrictions of Time, Place and Manner.
This site is not the “place” for such speech. If that ******* wants to call anyone a “***” in his own house or out on the street, that is his right, IMO. If he wants to do so in a school or other place, he can and should be restricted from doing so.
If he wants to shout the “***” word outside my window at 01:00 I would call for a restriction per Time and probably Manner". Shouting is not, IMO, an appropriate manner of expression at 01:00. If he wants to wear a shirt that says “I hate ***s”… that is his right, subject to reasonable Time, Place and Manner restrictions.[/quote] 01 Aug 2004
That’s right. But the US has probably the most liberal attitude toward permitting free speech.[/quote] 02 Aug 2004
I’m kind of tired (or lazy), so I’m gonna leave off finding free speech quotes from Tigerman. But this should do for now.