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Laws protecting free speech are put in place specifically to protect speech that powerful groups find objectionable. Otherwise, there is no free speech and it is just a matter of time before the list of prohibited phrases grows to include everything the powerful oppose. If it’s illegal to speak about certain races, the disabled or elderly, then why not government employees, and then the rich, or poor, and so on? Either speech is totally protected or it is not protected at all. The point of speech protection is to protect the most unpopular forms of speech. Popular forms of speech obviously need no protection - See more at: yournewswire/israel-worldwide-ban-on-criticising-israel-and-jews-new-law-proposed/#sthash.teQ7Kwk2.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:04:19 +0000

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