For about 3 generations in America, the Department of Justice has gone
a bit soft on holding Americans responsible for what they say.
Public language has gotten more and more violent, but the younger
generations have gotten used to the practice of NOT holding people
responsible for what they say.
Of course, if you advocate violence against some politically correct
group, THEN the younger generations will get emotionally worked
up about this outrage.
This dual standard, has got to stop.
We do have "freedom of speech" in America, as a guaranteed right.
But we do not have, embedded in that right, the immunity from
prosecution for advocating lawless and violent actions.
If we speak about philosophical concepts, then we can civilly discuss
all sorts of worldviews and principles, without advocating them.
But if we start to advocate lawless violence, then we reasonably should
expect to be prosecuted for that action.
An analogy would be the free will that we have in driving.
We do have free will, to drive lawlessly.
In one sense, no one can stop us from speeding (for example).
But this free will does not give us immunity from breaking the
rules of the road.
Unfortunately, the younger generations in America have severed moral-ethical
responsibility, from the "freedom of speech" that we have, under the
Constitution of the United States, and its Bill of Rights.
