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Originally Posted by northwind
Exactly! But at which point does opinion become libel or preaching racial hatred? Nobody believes free speech should be an absolute, including yourself obviously, so where do you draw the line? I'm asking the quesiton because I haven't got the slightest idea what the answer is, but I wonder what's worse- suppressing free speech, or allowing the unchallenged propogation of a lie? We've seen often enough in this country that the facts aren't important, all you have to do is repeat the same lie over and over in a loud voice and eventually everyone believes it.
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Not just religion that applies to either. Democratic politics seems to revolve around twisting lies to fit carefully chosen facts in an attempt to appear legitimate.
Science, which in some regards has become its own religion. The global warming movement, for instance, which is arguably formed by a core of totally un-impartial scientists and their loyal band of hippy followers has actually got a large number of people if not the majority of people believing them without question.
Although I've heard the global warming movement described as the last bastion of left wing politics, so perhaps it shouldn't come under science...