Quote from: RE on Apr 23, 2024, 05:36 PMComplaining about censorship is a violation of the rules.  I will give you time in the cooler for quiet meditation tonight.  :)

RE

A total violation of the rules.  Complaining about censorship here is a form of censorship.  It is a troll tactic that tries to claim the right to pee in your pool.  I shall explain. 

Free speech is not something that has a nuanced understanding in America.  In America free speech is confused with a right to say whatever you wish anywhere you wish.  That is wrong.  Free speech is your right to speak where appropriate without interference from others.  That is what the screaming of 'fire in a crowded theater' conundrum about free speech is supposed to emphasize.

If TDOS wants to start a website about how America will never run out of oil because we have never pumped more oil than we do now he has a right to do so.  He does not have a right to publish that message here.  He can come here to debate his point of view if he is respectful, and he does not ignore us whenever he feels like it.

Or not.  RE and I can decide to permanently ban TDOS's ass anytime we want.  TDOS has a lot of trouble with the respectful part of debate.  He enjoys attacking our personal characters.  Since TDOS only has to piss one of us off, making bets on his days being numbered would not be foolish.  I am not writing this to make our troll understand.  Or RE since he already does.  Others who come here, if any, may find this interesting.

You think you understand free speech?  Own something that publishes as well as being someone with a message to publish, and perhaps you might.  This website is a qualifying example.  My understanding of what free speech is, and is not, expanded greatly once I was on both sides of the contradiction.



She can pee in my  pool if she wants to.  I'll even get a pool.