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[Glitcher]

It's the middle of Winter, Morgan. Try masturbating with your hose now and you'll end up frigid. And I ain't speaking medically.

[Morgan]

Okay, okay. I'll wait until summer before I masturbate on the lawn with the hose again.

[Ratty Randnums]

No one likes my masturbating on the front lawn with a hose. My hose feels so unloved.

Breeches and hose. That's what life is people, breeches and hose.

Yep. But they're not threatening anyone in particular there.

"All nonwhite people in the neighborhood" isn't a specific enough threat?

Yeah I'd say it became a threat when he added the noose. I'm just extremely tired, and I think it's better to heir on the side of caution when it comes to protecting the rights to freedom of speech/expression. "Those who would sacrifice liberty" after all.

[John Roberts]

There should be exceptions to that freedom of speech/expression excuse when people are caught out being dickheads.

[Morgan]

Hehe yeah, pulling that "I have the freedom of speech!" excuse when someone's being an asshole is not cool.

[Ratty Randnums]

Yeah, the only problem is then WHO gets to decide when to pull that exception/what constitutes being a dickhead. Would you rather have too much freedom or not enough?

[Morgan]

I think I'd rather punch someone in the face when they pull that shit, to be honest.

[Ratty Randnums]

I think I'd rather punch someone in the face when they pull that shit, to be honest.

Not at all a difficult sentiment to agree with. There's been many a time I've been disgusted with displays of racism and wished I could do something about it.
I've had to live alongside rednecks so long I barely notice things like confederate flags though. Most of them seem to fly it without knowing the first thing about the history behind it.
Or sometimes even that it's named the "confederate" instead of the "rebel" flag. They'll buy any crap that has one printed on it though, just like the stars and stripes.
Amusing how likely you are to see someone with a confederate flag tattoo yammering about patriotism.


Kind of reminds me of the words of a man who, no doubt, would have been a very successful politician had he actually existed.

"This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you."
- C. M. Burns

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

They're just humans. They'll screw up everything. That's just their default nature. Nobody needs to teach someone to be an ass. Rather, pleasant habits are a bit harder to pick up on, and generally go unnoticed anyway. Notice the article isn't about a snowman in a top hat. That's not news. But a photo of a KKK snowman, THAT'S friggin' news, baby!

As for the "too much freedom" argument, there dose come a point where freedom can start to implode on itself if left unchecked. Suddenly m freedoms start hampering the freedoms of others and their rights are violated by my rights. I think that's generally where the line is drawn in U.S. law about our freedom. Once your actions stifle the right of someone else trying to exercise his freedom, then you broken some sort of law. (Obvious example include killing, theft, ect.)

Stuff like this is the gray area, since this man's actions can be considered as threatening, keeping other from their freedom to live in peace of mind. (Disturbing the peace, as it were.) But since the man isn't brandishing a gun and firing it off at black passer-bys, and it's on his own property, then the law really can't come into action here. And any evidence to it would just melt in a few months anyway.

[Ratty Randnums]

Yes, your freedoms end where mine begin and vice versa. But don't you have the right to make people uncomfortable on your own property, or to make it look menacing? This is the gray area we must live in.

[RedAuthar]

I heard the guy who did this also had a hanging black man for halloween. He is a complete jerk

[RedMenace]

I think I'd rather punch someone in the face when they pull that shit, to be honest.

If the Westboro Baptist Church had a collective face, I'd certainly punch it.

[furrykef]

Well, you could settle for Phelps's. He has virtually no followers outside his family anyway.

[chief]

Yeah, I think Id punch him out too.

[RedMenace]

Well, you could settle for Phelps's. He has virtually no followers outside his family anyway.

Good point. But you must admit that he has a very successful method for gaining new members: incest. Not only do they multiply as they inbreed, but they become increasingly less sentient and, therefore, less likely to question the morality or sanity of the WBC. In time, I'm sure they'll adopt NewSpeak.