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Lord Lucan
Lord Lucan
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Re: Freedom of Speech
May 29, 2002, 15:18
It's imortant that people who have racist/homophobic/sexist etc leanings are allowed to express them. I say this because banning them from doing so doesn't work, for 2 reasons.

1. It could make holding an 'illegal' point of view attractive for being transgressive and rebellious - see drugs laws for proof of this.
2. You are not going to be able to persuade / educate people if they do not express views you can argue against.

The strength of the argument is so strongly on the side of tolerance that we should not be so worried about attacks on it that we ban them. Regularly exposing the inconsistencies in bigotted arguments is essential to ensuring that enlightened attitudes are maintained and handed down from generation to generation.
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