When members of this House use inflammatory language, use offensive language, it does not help the process. It is beneath the dignity of this body and this country.
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.
Oppression is more easily endured than insult.
In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the left hemisphere can leave people with no articulate speech other than the ability to swear, spout cliches and song lyrics.
Politically correct speech will not defeat the enemy.
Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.
Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important.
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.
I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.