urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sl_carmichael sl_carmichael sl_carmichael 2007-09-25T14:12:46Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sl_carmichael:11991 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2007-09-25T14:12:46Z Time for one of my "I’ve been surfing too much on the web and now hate the entire planet earth" rants. Yes, Myc hates these. *EG*<br /><br />It has come to my attention that the misuse of the words free speech has seriously gotten out of hand. Oh yes, you are entitled to your own damn thoughts. This is true. <br /><br />However free speech is NOT walking up to strangers on the street and verbally abusing them. Since when did free speech become a license for that? I see it rampant on the web, and apparently this mentality is leaking into real life. Thus making life even worse than it already is.<br /><br />Free speech is indeed a good thing, until complete assholes use it as an excuse to say whatever they want, wherever they want. Please get it through your head. Yes, you have free speech, no free speech doesn't include accosting strangers on the street and yelling your opinions at them.<br /><br />What one can get away with on the web, generally doesn't fly in real life.<br /><br />You can keep your gays are going to hell theories, blacks are inferiors, jews run the world thoughts in your head. You can also get away with talking about it with your buddies, and probably at a protest as well. But you do not walk up to complete strangers on the street just for the hell of it and indulge in your thoughts. These peoples’ mamas definitely didn’t raise them right. Just because you can get away with it on the web, doesn’t mean you’ll get away with it in real life. <br /><br />Oh, and for those think I‘m going to hell because of the way I live my life and my own beliefs: <br /><br />#1. I already live in hell since I have to share space with you. <br /><br />Or #2. If I have to share space in heaven with you, I’ll hang with Lucifer. He’s fucking hot!! K?<br /><br />Take your choice.