sorry mate.....you might like to think you are on top of everything with your theories about thought control but what you have done is exactly what you say will befall the rest of us.You are hooked on "the soup of the day" and your arguments are just fine for Nirvana,but this is reality.
First off you say that everyone is entitled to air their opinions,and entitled to make us listen to those opinions.Then you say that the football field is perhaps not the place to do it.Then someone says "Well,OK i will not watch the TV then ,in fear of seeing this particular person demonstrating his freedoms."
Then you tell this guy that it is"scary" if he has to stop watching TV because he does not want to see this particular person expressing his beliefs.
So what is it going to be.....
1.....Allow political expression at football games,which means some people will then be restricted in their veiwing?This gives the first person his/her rights,but the second persons rights are then infringed.........or......
2.....Ban all political expression at football matches,which in turn will allow any individual to watch a game of football without having their sensitivities or choice compromised.
Both statements contradict each other but those are the only 2 choices that there are in this case.So which one is it to be? You need to choose one of them.
But by using your theory of "freedom for all",one party will have his rights compromised.So how do you prevent that happening?
This is a thread about whether political expression(left wing,right wing or any other wing)has its place in a football stadium on match day.This is not about universal human rights.You must live in a bubble if you think that humanity will sit back and allow Facism to get a hold on the World again.Facists ARE entitled to their views and they are entitled to talk,write and express those views(no matter how distasteful).They do not have the right to FORCE me to listen.I have rights too.
If you know anything about history at all,you will know that Facism was once given the freedom to exist.So then we had Facist Governments gaining power within a country by whatever means.Then these Facists give us Genocide,torture,murder,discrimination,Xenophobia intolerance and repression.
Never again will Facism ever enjoy the full meaning of freedom.That was the price that that particular idealology paid for abusing humanity.They caused Millions of people to suffer,and it took more millions of lives to erase the stink of their existence,when they drew in the rest of the World against them.
You get a chance,and when you blow it big time.....Thats it.You forfeit the right to your rights.That is the penalty to be paid.
History teaches us that we must learn from mistakes,and act swiftly when extremism threatens our freedoms.That includes ALL extremism.left,right or religious.Any doctrine that threatens the safety,well being and the lives of fellow human beings,forfeits its rights to exist in its present form.
See,you miss the point entirely.Everybody has the right to freedom of expression,and it is a free society's duty to make sure those freedoms are upheld.So even though Facism was defeated,Facists still have the freedom to be who they are and say what they want,because that IS Democracy after all.
What they do not have is the right to shove their expression in my face and Force me to witness it.
Somewhere along the line someone loses out when it comes to personal freedoms.So lets make sure that its the bad guy that misses out.You know,the guy who had his chance to show us what he was all about, and he blew it ,taking the lives, along the way ,of millions of innocent people.
I can live with that,no problem.If you cannot,then you need to find another planet to live on man because,like it or not.Thats the way it is.