Should free speech give the right to offend?
Heck yea, you can't shut me up
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No way Jose, respect others
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If 'offending' means using derogatory language and profanity then no it isn't right....That being said free speech means the freedom to voice your own opinions even though there's a possibility they may be shall we say unpalatable to other people or an affront to their principles, hence 'offensive'. I think that's becoming a very real problem now in societies everywhere where the opinions of the minority are trumpeted to seem like the majority and if you don't suscribe to those views you're hushed up - and this applies to a number of social issues. In other words, free speech is free until you disagree. Side: Heck yea, you can't shut me up
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Although they call it free speech, the definition is very vague. I think what the term means is you have a right to your opinions. It doesn't give you the right to discriminate or utter extremely loud derogatory comments in public. I think that's part of a charge called disorderly conduct- where a person on the street might find your words offensive. Side: No way Jose, respect others
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