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The only thing to say at this point is: defending free speech is easy when everyone agrees with the speech -- it's defending odious and reprehensible speech that is always the harder path.
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Hate speech is reprehensible, and has no place in NYC.
Some financially able recruits had used the bounty system to buy their way out of service (called commutation), which Garfield considered reprehensible, and gave a speech pointing out the flaws in the existing conscription law: that of 300,000 called upon to enlist, barely 10,000 had, the remainder claiming exemption or providing money or a substitute.
"To those who have misused their free speech in such a reprehensible way, I have a message for you.
AMVETS called it a "reprehensible" impingement on veterans' freedom of speech, particularly since the NFL wraps itself in military props and imagery.
Most of the institutional attention goes to illegal or reprehensible content like kiddie porn or hate speech.
The Secretary of State showed, with an equal measure of empathy and resolve, that one can absolutely reject a bigoted screed as "disgusting and reprehensible" while re-affirming that "violence around free speech is never acceptable".
This cowardly act against freedom of speech and freedom of expression is reprehensible to all sane people, but sadly, some have used it to exacerbate their already biased views.
Though intellectually paradoxical on the surface, my free speech rights are fortified by the speech I may find reprehensible.
Originally slated to premiere in January, the project drew ire from many who believed it would give hate speech a nationwide platform and risk normalizing the group's reprehensible views.
That he should use his right to free speech and his platform to express himself in this way is reprehensible.
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