[AmishDude]

The US has the first amendment. This allows you to say whatever you want and allows the target to expose the speaker's ignorance.

It's a difficult concept, but permitting free speech is not a demonstration of national intolerance.

Of course, if you'd rather have dissenters killed...

[Gengis Khan]

"The US has the first amendment. This allows you to say whatever you want and allows the target to expose the speaker's ignorance.
It's a difficult concept, but permitting free speech is not a demonstration of national intolerance.
Of course, if you'd rather have dissenters killed..."


Tell me how much abuse of free speech tolerable for you? Dont you believe that men of faith have a greater social responsibility as regarding what they should or shouldn't say at least in public? And if such responsibility is regularly abused then what do you think should be the role of society? Should thay allow this kind of hate speech in the name of free speech? The temple vandalization is not just one stray incident but the perpetrators were 19 years old kids who probably have no idea what Hinduism is except for what they probably hear from the Pastors. Who do you think is responsible for the temple vandalization ? The Pastors who spew hatred? The society that allowed the calumny in the name of free speech or the 19 years old kids?

Sadly here the Hindus and Sikhs have to not only bear the brunt of physical attacks also have to hear the hate spew against their religion and they dont even have a voice.