Comments on: So much for the provocateurs http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/03/06/so-much-for-the-provocateurs/ For girls with pearls... Since 2004 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Seraphic Single http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/03/06/so-much-for-the-provocateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Seraphic Single Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:30:19 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=1738#comment-269 To give Eye Weekly its due, it did publish an editor in defense of Mark Steyn's freedom of speech. http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/editorialdigest/article/15222 To give Eye Weekly its due, it did publish an editor in defense of Mark Steyn’s freedom of speech. http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/editorialdigest/article/15222

]]> By: Jay Currie http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/03/06/so-much-for-the-provocateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Jay Currie Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:09:07 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=1738#comment-251 Too bad the $20.00 discouraged them. I can't imagine how much fun it would be for a leftie to bring a pie to a gunfight. That said, the smart lefties, and they do exist, understand the fact that free speech is a critical piece of the democratic idea. Imagine, just for fun, if we reverted to the 50's and made any mention of homosexuality taboo. (OK, now don't get that excited, my children read this site.) The point being that to speak of the formerly unspeakable has been a huge boon to any number of minority communities. We may not like it but they do. And I'm fine with that. Just so long as I am allowed to point out that the religious beliefs of certain fundamentalists are dangerous and contrary to the basic values of liberal democracy. Too bad the $20.00 discouraged them. I can’t imagine how much fun it would be for a leftie to bring a pie to a gunfight.

That said, the smart lefties, and they do exist, understand the fact that free speech is a critical piece of the democratic idea. Imagine, just for fun, if we reverted to the 50′s and made any mention of homosexuality taboo. (OK, now don’t get that excited, my children read this site.) The point being that to speak of the formerly unspeakable has been a huge boon to any number of minority communities. We may not like it but they do. And I’m fine with that. Just so long as I am allowed to point out that the religious beliefs of certain fundamentalists are dangerous and contrary to the basic values of liberal democracy.

]]> By: Steynianism 74.0 « Free Mark Steyn! http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/03/06/so-much-for-the-provocateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Steynianism 74.0 « Free Mark Steyn! Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:50:26 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=1738#comment-248 [...] encouraging their readership to head on down to the U of T for Kathy’s Lunch n’ Learn today, to cause disruption or throw pies or somesuch. (Oh wait, only the super-cool Richard Warman encourages whackadoos to throw pies… [...] [...] encouraging their readership to head on down to the U of T for Kathy’s Lunch n’ Learn today, to cause disruption or throw pies or somesuch. (Oh wait, only the super-cool Richard Warman encourages whackadoos to throw pies… [...]

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