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Originally Posted by deacon blues
Where does the government draw the line for every offensive piece of literature, website, movie, etc that is used as a pretext for violence in the Muslim world? It doesn't make sense. It sets an unrealistic precedent. And there's no moral equivalency between an offensive movie and murder, and that's exactly what Hillary did with her statement. They should shut up about the offenses of unreasonable people and speak to the disgusting cultures that advocate violence at every turn.
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Part of what you are saying is true, but somehow, people need to be responsible for how far they take their freedoms and their stoking of fires. A lot of that is unnecessary, but claim to all be done under the 1st Amendment.
Hate speech is not a good thing. I think as the world comes to an end, we will see more and we won't be able to stop it - which makes our lives more unsafe. As we become more immoral, we will legislate and regulate to corral the human soul. It only puts a soul into a tighter box.
I was sharing a story, with my daughter, that Nona Freeman told. You may have heard it. She was at a checkpoint in a foreign, probably Africa, airport and the woman that was looking over the passports was a horrible, rude and grouchy woman. Sis. Freeman said that she began to pray that God would bless that woman. When she got up to the counter, the woman was very kind to her.
The lesson - in that prayer, Sis. Freeman's heart was totally aligned with God's love for a horrible human being and God's Word. We better, I am talking to myself, get there real quick. It's serious business to win people to the Lord in these last days. And we will not do that without love. And we will not love unless we have been alone with God.
I have noticed that I am far more ready to jump into a debate/argument, from posting on-line, and it does, many times, make me an impatient person in other areas. I think if you were honest, you would say the same thing. I want to, in the future, be more careful with that.
Politics can be ugly and cruel. I also know that people who engage in that are far more likely to be focused on their opinions and views than in hating the person who opposes them. So, that's kind of how it can work.
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