Of course freedom of expression has limits personally. For me, that limit is where that expression turns into actively supporting the removal of inalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness from others. You say that’s hypocrisy, but I disagree. It is not hypocritical to have personal standards of what is right and wrong in the field of expression. People forget, there is NO RIGHT to free expression in the US. NONE. Not a single right in the bill of rights says I can freely express myself and have no repercussions.
I do believe that people should be able to freely express themselves without government reprisal, which IS in the constitution. But, that expression can STILL come with personal and private consequences.
There is no hypocrisy there. I am not asking the government to sanction OSC or Tom Cruise or any of these crazy holocaust deniers. (Which, that is a travesty, that that is against the law. It should be enough to shame them and have their actions rebuked by public opinion, not an actual thought-crime) I am simply asking that people accept responsibility for their actions.
OSC wants a holocaust amongst the gays. I don’t want him to be punished by the government, but I do want him to be rebuked and boycotted and driven out of business by the people.
