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Old 02-04-2011, 07:42 AM   #263
Spexxvet
Makes some feel uncomfortable
 
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Originally Posted by Bullitt View Post
Stating you think someone should be killed, and actually plotting such a thing, are two very different things. Stating it is protected under the 1st Amendment. Not a hate crime. See Westboro Baptist Church as an example. Or the KKK. Sorry. Hate is ugly, but it's the other side of the free speech coin.
Is the fatwa requiring Salman Rushdie's execution protected?
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