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 The first amendment graces each individual American with the right to free speech.  Unstated but inherently part of this right is the right to be both inspired and offended by those who exercise this free speech right.  The Bill of Rights guarantees the United States government cannot stop an individual citizen from exercising their first amendment rights.  The first amendment does not guarantee the individual will avoid consequences by private industry or individual citizens.  A United States citizen can say anything they wish to say.  I am fully in favor of this right.  I want to hear your opinions and feelings.  It better allows me to judge you.  I can make a quicker assumption about you if you open your mouth and express your belief systems.  Of course I will reserve final judgment based on your actions.  It is your actions which concern me most.  You may hold any opinion or view you wish but when that opinion or view b...

     Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the reality show Duck Dynasty, supposedly participated in hate speech today.  He made anti-gay remarks.  Well... sort of.  He quoted his Bible.  Which we all know is full of hate speech.  Yet we pretend we don't know this.  We pretend the Bible does not participate in hate speech towards gays, women and other religions.  We pretend it doesn't encourage murder in both action and words.  We are so adorable.      Now we are going to feign outrage at Robertson's remarks.  He was just paraphrasing (accurately) his religious doctrine, the Bible.  Evidently this man cannot accurately represent his religion. His representation ran contrary to the faux Christian doctrine which many Christians love to profess.  Let's look at what he said: "It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: ...