December 19, 2012
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Crackdown on Freedom of Speech
So apparently a man was arrested for telling kids that there was no such thing as Santaclause. Of all the stupid things to get arrested for. Of course, they wrote it up as disorderly conduct, but the conduct was yelling out that there is no Santaclause in a public place. I’m sure there will be lots of sensitive people and liberals who think this is a good thing, but this is actually a horribly bad thing.
I cannot overstress that it is not the role of government to protect anyone’s feelings. I don’t care who gets their feelings hurt. My freedom of speech does not end where your feelings begin. Newsflash: There is no such thing as Santaclause. There was a Saint Nick at some point in time, but he died a long time ago, and the modern commercial construction of Santaclause is completely false.
“Oh but the kids feelings will get hurt! They will get their hopes crushed!” So what? When were you planning on telling them that there was no Santa and that you lied to them for years? Would they get their feelings hurt then? How much credibility do you think you will have with your kids after having come out as a liar to them? I don’t understand why anyone lies to their kids about Santa in the first place. It seems absolutely sinister to lie to your children about anything for years. Why would you want to convince your children to believe in something that you know for a fact to be false, and how can you expect to still have credibility with them after having outed yourself as a liar. Great job. I don’t understand it at all, especially coming from Christian parents. The Bible equates lying with witchcraft, and says consistently not to lie. “Thou shalt not lie” does not mean, “Thou shalt not lie to anyone except for your kids because you think it’s cute to have them believe in Santa or the Easter bunny, or whatever mythical commercial dieties your society may have created to exploit your wallet.” Liars are also going to be among the first people into Hell. When/if I have my own kids I would be terrified to lie to them deliberately for so many years. I don’t know how people can do it.
But I digress. It doesn’t matter whose feelings get hurt. Freedom of speech means that you can err any opinion or belief without having the state come down on you. I’m so sick of this sensitivity nonsense which is being used as a means to neuter us and muzzle us. I can tell you what is at the heart of all of these attacks on free speech, it is a way to silence criticism of the state. First they start with small things, like some guy hurting a kid’s feelings, or some guy hurting someone else’s feelings and linking the hurt feelings to a suicide. Then they work their way up to criticism of state policies, politicians, and particular ideologies. You can kill a frog by boiling it to death slowly. That is what they are doing with us.
All the liberals who go along with this and encourage this sort of heavy handed statism are useful idiots. The most important freedom we have is the freedom of speech, and bound up in that is freedom of religion, debate, and knowledge. Learn to be less sensitive, you will have more peace in life that way. The useful idiot of today is the slave of tomorrow.
Comments (5)
so now santa claus is a “liberal” thing? that man shouldn’t have been arrested. he should have been slapped across the face for being a complete fucking douche bag. and bah fucking humbug to you too.
@AncoraImparo - No no, I never said Santaclause was a liberal thing, but arresting someone for being insensitive is. Know what I mean? I don’t care what the man said, he shouldn’t be arrested for speech. I think you agree with that.
Whether you choose to have your kids believe in Santa, or anything you yourself don’t believe in, is a parental choice and up to you. I personally wouldn’t do it because I believe it’s wrong to lie to your kids under any circumstance, and + I want my kids to believe whatever I tell them (or at least not think I am trying to deceive them) and in order to do that they need to be able to trust me.
I hate having to go along with the Santa Claus crap the kids are getting fed with at work by their teachers and parents. I am naturally a very honest and blunt person, so this is not in my nature at all.
@DrummingMediocrity - Yea that must be terrible. I don’t understand the psychology behind lying to kids. I don’t understand what people think they are accomplishing by it.
@Ambrosius_Augustus_Rex - obedience, probably