Republican candidate advocates death penalty for children

[Libre]

This is totally ridiculous. If he would be on the internet he would be considered a big troll.
But anyway, as said in the article, I do not think any parents would let their children be killed as described in the bible.. This is just.. Acutally the ridiculousness makes me laugh :D

[AdAstrα]

I.....what? This has got to be the most bizarre thing I've ever heard. Completely ridiculous.

[UncoordinatedPisces]

Da fuq is this crap. As a rebellious child, I object to this! x) Lol. But seriously, some people. Stupid republican *eye roll* (no offence to decent republicans out there)

I doubt my mother would let me be killed by the government...damn...thinking about my mum getting all angry is scary lol. You guys have no idea...

[TheRoguePrince]

He's just a fringe candidate, who is never going to win. The mainstream Republican party would find the ideas presented in his book ridiculous. It's silly to even pay him any attention. Plus, he's not even in congress. He is just a candidate. Anyone can write a book and run for office. So I'm not seeing your point. He's crazy? Of course. We should ban people from trying to hold public office if we don't agree with them? I think it's against the constitution lol.

I remember reading that you were against restricting reproductive rights, so I assume you aren't against political and speech rights as well?

Edit: *goes to look for fringe candidates in the Netherlands*

[wolfishgirl]

one question... Woeler why are you looking up things about American government... I mean i would understand it if it was an American but your from the Netherlands....

and honestly, people say stupid things all the time. That was a stupid ase thing she said and will never get elected. I mean i can run for office and spout stupid idealistic crap, but i doubt that i would ever get elected.

[TheRoguePrince]

People who say things like that should not even be allowed to get to that position. This kind of this so called ''freedom of speech'', Includes the freedom to discriminate and spread hate. Freedom of speech has it's limits.

Not really. Free speech wasn't meant to protect speech that society accepts. Free speech was designed to allow people to talk about whatever they wished without a big hammer loaming over them.

Then again, we are talking about a country in which being obese is genetic and being gay is a choice.

I bet you think Wisconsin and Switzerland are made of cheese, Brits all have bad teeth, Mexicans get drunk on Tequlia after gardening in Mexico, Germans are just goth nazis in disguise, and the Chinese abort all girls. Stereotypes are not fun.

[wolfishgirl]

All countries have minorities. Yes, the minorities may be bad, but you can't sterotype the whole country from the minority. We also have freedom of speech, but we CAN NOT spread slander, or say things that cause distress. The freedom of speech we have is limited.

[wolfishgirl]

So you're saying that we are not allowed to voice our opinions? to protest things that we are against?

[wolfishgirl]

Yes, but people are going to abuse it and put others down, so it's either let people voice their opinions about things, or take away all freedom of speech. That's the two choices
And this summer there was a HUGE debate over what the Chik-fil-a CEO said when he was asked about his views on gay marriage. He is a christian and said that he supports the biblical form of marriage. Do you think that was wrong for him to view his own opinion even though he said he was against gays?

[wolfishgirl]

Woeler, how about you become an AMERICAN CITIZEN before you decide to bash on our government, our rights, and our country?
you don't see me talking about how horrible the Netherlands is do you? No because i have no personal experience with your country. So how about you shut up about mine.