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Kerry: Americans Have Right to Be Stupid if They Want
Arutz Sheva ^ | 26/2/13

Posted on 02/26/2013 7:03:43 AM PST by Eleutheria5

Speaking to a group of German students, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the core freedoms of speech, religion and thought telling them that in America, "you have a right to be stupid if you want to be."

"People have sometimes wondered about why our Supreme Court allows one group or another to march in a parade even though it's the most provocative thing in the world and they carry signs that are an insult to one group or another," he said.

"The reason is, that's freedom, freedom of speech. In American you have a right to be stupid - if you want to be," he added. "And you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be.

"And we tolerate it. We somehow make it through that. Now, I think that's a virtue. I think that's something worth fighting for," he added. "The important thing is to have the tolerance...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Germany; Government
KEYWORDS: freespeech; kerry; right; stupid
A right that John Kerry exercises constantly.
1 posted on 02/26/2013 7:03:53 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Yeah, and if you are “stupid,” then you get stuk in iRak!


2 posted on 02/26/2013 7:05:23 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Why did JF’nK just call homosexuals stupid?


3 posted on 02/26/2013 7:05:30 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Eleutheria5

Most Americans have exercised that right last November.


4 posted on 02/26/2013 7:17:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Amen to that!


5 posted on 02/26/2013 7:18:32 AM PST by sport
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To: SeekAndFind

The catch is, everyone suffers the consequences of exercising that right, even the smart people who pulled a different lever, even people on the other side of the globe. A superpower’s citizenry may have a right to be stupid, but the world cannot afford a stupid superpower.


6 posted on 02/26/2013 7:27:34 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Apt remarks coming from our uber-gigolo.

Who, by the way, “served” in Viet Nam.


7 posted on 02/26/2013 7:36:49 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Eleutheria5

Yeh who would know stupid better than Lurch? :-)


8 posted on 02/26/2013 8:04:55 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Leading by example


9 posted on 02/26/2013 8:44:14 AM PST by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: Eleutheria5

10 posted on 02/26/2013 8:47:14 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Eleutheria5
John Fraud Kerry certainly exercise his right to be stupid.
11 posted on 02/26/2013 8:59:23 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: Eleutheria5

We have no better proof of this than the last presidential election.


12 posted on 02/26/2013 9:27:21 AM PST by The Great RJ
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To: Servant of the Cross

Don’t worry. I’m coming to rescue you in my swift boat!


13 posted on 02/26/2013 11:08:32 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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