US Hypocrites: "Polgars had Fischer at their house. So?"

#1 August 9th 04, 10:58 PM

Claudia wrote in message
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wrote:
So it's OK to selectively prosecute based on whether someone expresses
unpopular opinions? What happened to equal protection under the law
and unbiased jurisprudence?

I didn't say that at all. But seriously, when during the last 50 years
did the US ever tolerate unpopular opinions?
(snipped)

Unlike in Germany, for instance, extremely 'unpopular opinions' such as
neo-Nazi 'hate speech' seem more or less legally protected in the United
States by the US Constitution. A neo-Nazi may freely express in the
United States something that would be considered criminal in Germany.

But Claudia seems right in observing that the United States has been less
tolerant of unpopular opinions, particularly when expressed by members of
minority communities, than most 'patriotically correct' Americans would
like to believe about their beloved country.

In the chess newsgroups, particularly in rec.games.chess.politics
(which has long been a de facto United States political newsgroup),
many, if not most, of the American writers seem quite intolerant
of any criticisms (even when they have been made by carefully citing
some well-respected American sources) of the United States.

"I find the intolerance of differing opinions here disturbing.
The citizens of the U.S. do not have a monopoly on the truth but
from external appearances it seems like most of them think they do.
Before you ask, I am an American citizen but this does not change my opinion."
--David Bohm (5 August 2004, in rec.games.chess.politics)

--Nick

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