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bioemerl · 3664 days ago · link · · parent · post: It's Sadly Unclear Whether This Article Will Put Lives At Risk
I love my country... sometimes... This is one of them. The celebration, the spread of offensive images, etc, is not a act of hatred, it is an act of resistance. We are stating that "shooting people is not going to make us fear you". It is the same thing the US reacted with after 9/11. That was an attack to get us to pull out of the middle east. We didn't. Anyone will find anything offensive. Anyone can see a thing and say it hurts them. That gives us no right to not be able to celebrate an image, or to post it everywhere. Offensive imagery is just as protected under free speech as any other, and we will not be stopped from spreading it. You can see some of that in the speeches GWBush gave after 9-11.especially Americans