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It's fine to have your own opinions and beliefs, but choosing to offend someone rather than being the better person, is selfish. We have enough people in the world that care only about themselves, which is why this whole "freedom of speech and expression" creates such issues in the first place. You have the right to express yourself, but you have no right to offend others. People forget that part of free will. That is why statements like this are not tolerated. Not because your right has been infringed upon.
I see your point, and I'm not saying you are a self-conceded person for posting this. I am simply bringing up an argument from the other side.
It doesn't matter that people are offended, it's completely subjective, which is why some people find it offensive while others do not. I have every single right to express an opinion regardless of the fact that it may or may not offend you or anyone else, again it's entirely subjective and out of my control.
But I digress, since the subject of discussion isn't religion itself, but being able to express an opinion on the subject of religion regardless if it offends one person or hundreds, or even thousands. People are executed for this very thing people take for granted: freedom of speech. You should read up on blasphemy laws and educate yourself, it's a very real and very important matter that still affect people in other countries today where human rights aren't a priority.
So yes, this statement is absolutely tolerated, because that's what the subject is about: you're offended and that's ok, you have every right to be, but you will show tolerance nonetheless. We may not like what the Westboro Baptist Church say or do, or Scientologists, or the KKK, or any other organization that is hell bent on producing as many douchebags as humanly possible, but we absolutely must show tolerance because they are well within their rights to their opinions however much we may disagree so long as said opinions/expressions are never used against others.
If we don't show tolerance, then we're just as guilty as the millions of people who demand the execution of those they judge as blasphemers simply because they disagree with what is being said. Tolerance must go both ways, it isn't something that you only use for those who shit flowers and sunshine.
That's how freedom of speech works. It's for everyone, regardless of how you may feel about it.
If you haven't already, as I've said, you should read up on blasphemy laws and cases, especially the recent ones, like the case of a little girl being imprisoned because a bunch of people decided they didn't want to show tolerance.
Also, hating something is not an insult, nor is it offensive, and it most definitely is the same as hating bread (which I don't hate, mind you, I fucking love bread). And why can't people say they love Hitler? They have every right to, regardless of how sick this twisted fuck was. We have the right to say it, but should we? Why the fuck not? Like I've said, there are people who are imprisoned and/or executed for the very thing you're telling me should not be tolerated.
The stamp isn't the subject, it's the bait.
You really should read up on anti blasphemy laws.
Also, this isn't about hating/liking religion, it's about being able to express an opinion about religion. It's about anti blasphemy laws, human rights and free speech. You clearly didn't read the description or this subject is beyond your ability to understand.
Read the fucking description.
So what if you have the free speech to say something that hurts people?! What if someone starts making pro-Nazism stamps and says "it is just my free speech, even if it is against your views or if it offends you"?
You're obviously trying to offend Christians because you feel offended by the fact that we want to show what religion we are.
I do hope you can understand this, because it seems like this subject is beyond your ability to understand.
This isn't about bashing anyone's religion, nor is it actually bashing religion to begin with. It's about freedom of speech, anti blasphemy laws and human rights.
Did you know that in some countries people are imprisoned and/or executed for saying something like "I hate Jesus/Mohammad/Allah/Buddha/God/etc"? That's what this stamp is about. It's about being able to express something on religion without the fear of persecution or execution, something which the human rights granted to you and I in North America protect us against regardless of what my opinion may be.
Whether or not it hurts or you find it offensive is irrelevant to the point that many people take their freedom of speech for granted and truly believe that it should only be granted to only those who shit flowers and sunshine, or to those they otherwise agree/like what they hear.
You're either trolling or you really are as ignorant of the world as you portray yourself to be.
Do yourself and everyone else a favor and educate yourself:
Blasphemy laws..
Yunis Masih, a Christian man imprisoned, and awaited the death penalty, in Pakistan for seven years for blasphemy.
Rimsha, a mentally ill child, faces prison and her mother execution for blasphemy.
These are just some examples, there are so many more. I could just as well have said "I hate XXXX" and it would not have made a difference since the point was to quickly offend as many people as possible whilst bringing attention to a very real subject: People have died, are dieing now and will continue to die for expressing their freedom of speech.
If you cannot even understand this much, please remove yourself from this conversation and save yourself further embarrassment.
Looking at your profile page, you seem to have an anti-atheism stamp and an anti-religion stamp (along with ones that say "penis" and "sex", because apparently those things are "funny"), so what religion are you? You seem to be showing me an article about a Christian who was imprisoned for his religion. So, what was that for? Why did you put that here?
Also, if you want to win an argument, don't link to Wikipedia. When it says "free" and "anyone can edit", that's a sign that any bullshit could be put there.
Again, back to the real subject, if you wanted to just offend everyone and then say it is all in the name of exercising your free speech and not caring nor agreeing with the content of the stamp, why not just make a stamp with a Nazi swastika or some white power shit? You don't agree with it, but since you have the free speech, you could do it anyway. Because, you know, FREE SPEECH, right? And it would be perfect because it would offend much more people than this stamp.
I do hope you understand this, because you don't seem very smart.
P.S. It's spelled "dying", not "dieing".