Friday, March 06, 2009

Dear free speech warriors:


Your thoughts?

7 comments:

Balbulican said...

Thank you for your inquiry to the Free Speech Warriors of Canada. To enable us to maximize our outrage and mobilize quickly, please listen carefully and choose from among the following options.

If you are calling because someone is questioning your right to defame Muslims, please press one now.

If you are calling because someone is questioning your right to mock a non-heterosexual, please press two now.

If you are calling for any other reason, please hang up now.

MgS said...

They'll defend his right to say it to the death ... as long as they don't have to actually ... you know .. say something.

Zach Bell said...

Uhh...I'm all about free speech and this strikes me as downright retarded. Never mind of course that some one can be consistent...you just love those broad brush strokes huh?

Ezra Levant is not the be all and end all of free speech advocacy in Canada or anywhere else.

Frank Frink said...

Ummmm.. Zach? I realize that you are on 'our side' of the aisle and all that, but...

Ezra Levant is not the be all and end all of free speech advocacy in Canada or anywhere else

Yes, we already know that. This just in, and also blindingly obvious: "Ezra Levant is be all and end all advocate of his own free speech. The rest of you? Yer on your own."

Zach Bell said...

Well firstly, I'm not exactly on your "side of the aisle" so to speak. I'm in my own corner shivering and lashing out at anyone that comes close enough. There are no aisles in my world.

Second, the comment was fairly tongue in cheek. It's not like CC actually made any reference to Levant. All I'm saying is that every time this type of issue comes up, there's a broad and stupid brush stroke that paints all pro free speechers to be an anti-muslim, afraid of the gays, catholic hat worshipping douchbag.

I personally don't appreciate it and think it's downright idiotic.

Balbulican said...

"here's a broad and stupid brush stroke that paints all pro free speechers to be an anti-muslim, afraid of the gays, catholic hat worshipping douchbag."

You have it exactly backwards.

I'm a pro free speecher myself. And I'm not an anti-muslim, afraid of the gays, catholic hat worshipping douchbag.

However, I do enjoy mocking the folks who are, in fact, an anti-muslim, afraid of the gays, catholic hat worshipping douchbags, who use a spurious concern for free speech as their justification for being an anti-muslim, afraid of the gays, catholic hat worshipping douchbags.

Is the distinction clear?

Zach Bell said...

The distinction is exceptionally clear in your comment. I have no problem with your comment.

The distinction is not even present never mind not clear in CC's posts. I have a problem with CC's posts concerning free speechers.

Is the distinction clear?

I find it insulting that I am confused with the likes of anti-gay, muslim bashing, sexist idiots.