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Wonder Why

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4. Unfortunately, free speech allows people to say things that others think obscene.

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 05:54 PM

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I think his words are obscene but that's the price I am willing to pay for your and my right to say obscene things about the Fat Pig.

The ACLU has long fought for free speech.

A lot of Americans have died for that right.

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