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Debate:Should Trump Outlaw Holocaust Denial in the United States? (view source)
Revision as of 02:43, August 29, 2019
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:I usually don't comment on "debate" pages, but I strongly oppose any such ban -- it's a constitutional issue. The First Amendment protects free speech, even hate speech and fringe speech. If those types of speech were banned, it would nullify the entire speech portion of the amendment (the reason we have the amendment is to protect unpopular speech that would otherwise be silenced). Holocaust denial is terrible and false, but that doesn't justify banning it (leftists have the mindset where if they think something's good, they want to make it mandatory, and if it's bad in their opinion, they want to ban it outright). Constitutionally and practically, Trump can't and shouldn't outlaw this form of thought/speech, no matter how perverse. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:22, 28 August 2019 (EDT)
:I usually don't comment on "debate" pages, but I strongly oppose any such ban -- it's a constitutional issue. The First Amendment protects free speech, even hate speech and fringe speech. If those types of speech were banned, it would nullify the entire speech portion of the amendment (the reason we have the amendment is to protect unpopular speech that would otherwise be silenced). Holocaust denial is terrible and false, but that doesn't justify banning it (leftists have the mindset where if they think something's good, they want to make it mandatory, and if it's bad in their opinion, they want to ban it outright). Constitutionally and practically, Trump can't and shouldn't outlaw this form of thought/speech, no matter how perverse. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:22, 28 August 2019 (EDT)
:Also, Europe is NOT a model for us, especially regarding free speech. These are the same countries that have banned criticism of Islam, like where Marine Le Pen got into serious legal trouble just for posting a picture of an ISIS member about to behead someone, with Le Pen also criticizing extreme-radical Islam. Europe doesn't have the same conception of unalienable rights, so those countries have many, many laws regulating speech, religion, and self-defense which would instantly be declared unconstitutional in the U.S. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:43, 28 August 2019 (EDT)
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