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To: billbears
However for states that have a majority of citizens that don't want those laws to disappear, those states should not be ridiculed as evidenced on this thread

Absolutely they should. They should be ridiculed to the point where the people repeal the laws for no other reason than that they are tired of being razzed about them. Bad laws, when they are Unconstitutional, should be struck down by the Supreme Court, but when they are Constitutional, they cannot be. But being Constitutional doesn't make them good laws. A patriotic citizen, therefore, should exercise his First Amendment right in speaking out against such laws, until their supporters become too heartily ashamed of themselves to support them anymore. Ridicule is a very effective tool for this: Jay Leno is worth a thousand holy rollers.

In this way, the majority will become a minority. That's what's going on here. Nobody's trying to override the Will of the Majority; the point is to try to change the Will of the Majority. Why would you object to that?

105 posted on 11/22/2002 8:38:23 AM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist
A patriotic citizen, therefore, should exercise his First Amendment right in speaking out against such laws, until their supporters become too heartily ashamed of themselves to support them anymore.

Don't you understand? He thinks the will of the majority (and righteousness of its beliefs) supercedes your individual right to free expression (among others). The good of the many out weighs the rights of the few. The people must be told what is good for them. Shut up and take it, he knows what's best for you.....

132 posted on 11/22/2002 9:02:19 AM PST by longshadow
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To: Physicist; billbears
A patriotic citizen, therefore, should exercise his First Amendment right in speaking out against such laws...

Are those the same First Amendment that billbears doesn't believe that the Several States should recognize? By his standards, there is no reason why Texas shouldn't be able to pass a law disallowing all forms of free speech--provided they're passed by duly elected representatives.

133 posted on 11/22/2002 9:03:40 AM PST by Equality 7-2521
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