Because religion is full of terrible ideas that are terrible for society and need to be refuted.
Because religious people are trying to legislate what I can/can’t do based on their twisted morality they get from an ancient book.
Because there are a bunch of anti-vaxxer nuts who are using religion as a reason to not get vaccinated through some sort of twisted tenet of their myths.
Because there are hundreds or thousands of indigenous children buried around the country because religious people didn’t consider their culture to be worthy of any respect. And they need to be made to pay reparations for that.
I find those reasons, and many more, to be “useful”.
Those seem like good reasons. What's next ? What 'speech' do you plan to employ to achieve your goals ? Are you going to post on here for example ?
Everyone is entitled to an opinion on abortion. Mine isn’t worth less because I’m a man. That’s what men have been telling women for centuries about their opinions.
I see - you're saying that even after centuries WOMEN DON'T LISTEN ! Great one, Perfect..
I suppose his ethnicity is part Jewish….
Thank you. What methods you think he should employ as a Jewish American liberal podcaster, to get the Taliban to convert ?
Like - a special episode - no Patreon needed or ?
We are not talking about a formal speech like that given by a valedictorian. We’re talking about the legal definition of the word. Do you really not know the difference?
You asked ME how broadcasting is not speech ? Now you are saying that it is.
It's this: I'm making a point that free "speech" was developed at a time when we were literally talking about speaking and sometimes expressing ideas through writing. By the very name of broadcasting, it is not 'speech'.
And legally it is not treated the same.
How is that of any relevance?
They determined that TV air time IS free speech in America. I'm not comfortable with that. It equates a medium that is very expensive and can only be purchased by the wealthy with speaking outside, or printing bibles in your native language.
The early days of radio and television were a test of what governments would do with these new media. It's telling that Germany valued complete Freedom and gave Mr. Hitler's ideas access into the home without a conflicting idea. Americans cared about making money with this new device.
Anyway, I digress.
The FCC (America) forbade political comment without a counteracting response for decades, until the 1980s. You folks might not care about these things so much but there are many people behind the scenes who do and they lobby government to make things go their way.
Criticism of religions is absolutely not restricted in any way, so your diatribe on “free speech” is completely irrelevant. Unless you’re arguing in favour of blasphemy laws, then we could discuss whether that would be a good idea or not.
My diatribe is on people who push the free speech button on everything without considering the history, the context and the complexity.
You seem to be confusing what you think people should talk about with what people are allowed to talk about.
I think you are confused. Please read back and tell me where I said people shouldn't be allowed to talk about something. I'll retract or clarify if you have an example.
Yet you go on like all he does is make disparaging comments about Islam.
Mea culpa I should have watched the clip. He's famous for an exchange on Bill Maher's show where he clashed with Ben Affleck who called him a racist for criticizing Islam.