{"id":51304,"date":"2015-05-30T01:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T07:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/freedom-of-speech-is-for-provocative-dolts-too.html"},"modified":"2015-05-30T01:30:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T07:30:18","slug":"freedom-of-speech-is-for-provocative-dolts-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/freedom-of-speech-is-for-provocative-dolts-too.html","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Speech is for provocative dolts, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I dislike people telling me what I can say or think about a particular religion, or who insist on my respecting their religious tenets regarding iconography.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I dislike people who go out of their way to be provocative, insulting, and hateful, then wrap themselves in the flag and claim it&#39;s all in the name of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for them, that same free speech protects them both from government reprisal. But that doesn&#39;t make them less doltish or annoying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/region-phoenix-metro\/central-phoenix\/prophet-muhammad-cartoon-contest-rally-supports-gather-around-phoenix-islamic-community-center'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Marq8_lXR3RKztIWbxbi5kaZBJzf-PVJBbundJz4oZ7DXIEDEx1UZeS4nepBvATpRimPDqZB5bVUtjMQwMnbXO7WnkXm_LZV8L5JdH1ZgNx3m9Grn7CXvUGVZ8L4Rh8sNW_js2WYTZh45_8fFOwtSa-AUWw4=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/region-phoenix-metro\/central-phoenix\/prophet-muhammad-cartoon-contest-rally-supports-gather-around-phoenix-islamic-community-center'>Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest rally: Protesters clash outside Phoenix mosque rally<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSupporters from various backgrounds have gathered at the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/4HKJqMnFSbu'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dislike people telling me what I can say or think about a particular religion, or who insist on my respecting their religious tenets regarding iconography. On the other hand, I dislike people who go out of their way to be provocative, insulting, and hateful, then wrap themselves in the flag and claim it&#39;s all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/freedom-of-speech-is-for-provocative-dolts-too.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freedom of Speech is for provocative dolts, too&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1398,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/14\/ch_ch_ch_change.html","url_meta":{"origin":51304,"position":0},"title":"Ch-ch-ch-changes","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Jan-02 7:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"So, from a personal note, three changes going on in my church-related life. 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