Buford
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I'd love to hear a christian fundamentalist explain why what Catz said in this post was incorrect and to address her question.
In general, I would say that while most Christians probably couldn't be provoked to fight, using religious fighting words (for a variety of reasons, not least of which is their overwhelming dominance in this country), I am fairly certain that most Christians COULD be provoked to fight using other sorts of fighting words....racial slurs, gender slurs, implications of negative behavior, etc. And that's what the fighting words exception to free speech is about...The are some words that provoke an emotional response in people and may lead to violence. That's why those words were excluded by the Supreme Court from free speech protections in the 1940s.
A person who attempts to start a confrontation with another person that turns into violence is often seen to be equally responsible for that confrontation in the eyes of the law.
Well they had a plan, here's what it was.
Bring cameras, do everything they can to provoke the muslims, film them reacting to their provocations, then play the victim card and garner sympathy from other muslim-hating christian fundamentalists.
As we see in this thread, goal achieved.
Both groups involved in the discussion are idiots. The small group of hate filled christians in the video, and the small group idiot muslims who gave the christian group exactly what they wanted.
Notice the Muslims are the ones who attacked with violence, yet the Christians are "hate-filled" and the muslims are just "idiots".