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I'm not surprised, given that it's Europe. Not exactly a bastion of freedom.
Certainly if more people agree with you, that means you're correct.
Nothing I've said should discourage you from doing so.
Not yet. But those who become upset when the "intolerant people" don't stop what they're doing, they usually get there sooner or later.
Life in Europe is pretty free imo. Except maybe for company managers who want to fire people for no good reason... How are the US more free?
At least here we can legally order beers at age 16, and spirits at age 18, that's a good part of the freedom my silly European mind needs :D
Certainly if the US law says saw, that means you are correct... ~~If want ~~ I was just bringing up the fact that using the law as a criterion in a moral discussion is a bit shady, as the law is not the same everywhere.
In fact randomly insulting someone on the street is not necessarily punishable (except if they are a public authority), but harassing people, or inciting other people to insult categories of people, like homophobic or racist propaganda, are punishable by law here. I don't really miss the freedom to create a openly racist club...
Taking action doesn't mean committing crime. Publicly calling out a bad behaviour and siding with the victim is taking action. Filing a complaint at the police station, or encouraging the victim to do so, is definitely taking action.
It is part of the gouvernment's mission to punish the formation of intolerant groups before threy become an actual threat to the safety of the people they are intolerant of.Indeed what you said
about the tolerance champions also apply to the intolerants.
If the government fails at this, then it's time to consider taking action against the government itself. Of course, this doesn't mean litterally shooting the sheriff or the deputy, first there's pacific demonstration, endorsing then voting for parties who plan to improve on that point. Actual rioting comes only if all that fails.