<kmath>
<DEM0NBITCH> @P_Strickland_ gay couple refused wedding cake = "Go shop elsewhere" racist org. kicked out of stores and ubers = "… https://t.co/PL749lr4Ng
UmbralRaptor is now known as NomalRaptor
<icefire>
free speech means the government can't arrest you for saything something stupid. Doesnt mean people can't treat them like the assholes that they are
<NomalRaptor>
Apparently Virginia is for haters.
<NomalRaptor>
Also, Twitter figured out my gender?
<kmath>
<AndyBCampbell> To those demanding photographic evidence of Nazi regalia in #charlottesville, here's what's on display before break… https://t.co/OxyXPJxsUi
<Iskierka>
Nazis were a minority in Nazi Germany. Still worked
<kmath>
<cosmos4u> Even #SolarEclipse2017 is a partisan issue - democrats are more excited about it. From the Evening News… https://t.co/pKkbrBdwxk
<egg|zzz|egg>
icefire: also, that's specifically the american interpretation of free speech
<egg|zzz|egg>
the french interpretation is that you can't be *prevented* from speaking/printing etc., but you have to answer for it
<egg|zzz|egg>
e.g. inciting discrimination/hatred/violence against ethnic/national/religious groups, or because of sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/handicap, even in private, is punished by a fine up to 1500 EUR
<egg|zzz|egg>
(the gender identity bit was added just nine days ago)
<icefire>
must be nice
<egg|zzz|egg>
icefire: technically nonpublic insult that doesn't have a discriminatory character is also punished by a fine, but that's 1st class rather than 5th class for the above, so 17 EUR or somtehing like that (and nobody actually gives a shit about the 1st class contraventions in practice)