Yes, freedom of speech usually ends (just as every other freedom) at the point when you attack other people's dignity and health. For some reason, right wing Americans seem to think that freedom of speech includes intimidating and abusing individual people and even death threats (but not of course, criticizing trump or so). If that is freedom of speech, then showing an idiot what you think of him e.g. by stealing his sign is also...

My line is pretty simple. Never protest individual citizens who are not breaking any laws. No matter how unjust those laws are. Protest the institutions that create the laws such as governments, churches, corporations etc. People who protest at abortion clinics are the lowest of the lows in my opinion. They should be at their state capitals protesting!

Right. I am all for freedom of speech! Anybody who is against abortions can stand on the street, holding a sign saying "I never had an abortion. And I never will." until they're blue in the face.

It's not that hard. Freedom of speech should be about issues that impact your life. A random person having an abortion does not in any way impact those protestor's lives. Their principles are not threathened. No one is making people get abortions, women are just given the choice. And since those same people make a point out of not giving a s**t about what happens to someone after their birth, they are actively dictating lives in a most likely negative way and don't feel responsible for them. So yeah, people protesting free choice can have their signs stolen and be bullied for all I care. Believe systems should not be an excuse for inhibiting other people in their free choices. This is not freedom of speech, this is bullying of the worst kind.

Freedom of speach should be absolute. If you dont like the message, protest but cencuring things you dont agree with, is wrong. One day, it may be you who will be silenced

Freedom of Speech doesn't mean Freedom from Consequences of said Speech.

There needs to be a line in thinking you have the right to someone's womb. Are you going to sponsor that child to 18 or adopt it or work to make living wages better ? No. Then shut it. None of these anti-choice aholes care about life, the fetus or mother.

I don't know why this is so hard for some people. If it hurt people, or encourages behaviour that hurts people, there's the effing line. Anyone who want to argue about that, exchange the noun being persecuted with your child's name, or your mother, or your own if that's the only person you care about. Encounter THAT in the hands of dozens of people everyday when you leave the house, and THEN tell me there should be no laws against Hate speach.

Hate speech is not free speech. Harassing someone who has to make a horrific life and death decision on their own, and understands the consequences, is hateful.

Yes. I had a friend who unfortunately was ra*ed by her boyfriend and got pregnant. She had an abortion because she was 14. Well, one of the kids at our schools mom was outside protesting and said something to my friends that I will never repeat. And then got her son and his friends to say it to my friend.

Yes, but not here. Save it for blatant -isms.

I'm from a former communist country. People literally died to overthrow dictatorship and be free. After the revolution we outlawed communism because evil should not be free. Propaganda is not free speech.

as I always say: Everything has limits

There already is a line, the line is the government can’t retaliate unless you’re harassing people, doing hatespeech, whatever. Literally doesn’t apply to someone stealing signs from protestors.

No you don’t. It’s a freedom for everyone—not just for those that share your own opinion.

No you don't

Absolutely NOT! Are you crazy? To many people died for our right to free speech. If you don't agree with what you hear, walk away, don't listen. I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.

Hard disagree. If you don't think abortion is a good thing, then you should be able to voice that opinion. However you don't get to harrass people about it.

And that line is when you become violent and take things that don't belong to you. What will you do, otherwise, when people decide your speech is the line? Down vote away, but people who turn to violence and theft against words are always the problem. In a democracy, of course

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No, you don't.

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Said by every Dictator at the beginning of their reign.

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No. No you don't. Just because you don't agree with it, doesn't mean we ban it.