"There's always going to be blasphemy laws, the question is who and whom, with the exception of brief periods when the who and whom is changing."
>That's why you want to get rid of them!
How do you miss a point this badly?
Conservatives constantly "warn" progressives about what if someone pulls out a magic uno reverso card and their hate speech or w/e law or code is applied to them instead. Can anyone name any examples of this ever happening?
No you missed the point, because you don't understand what I am getting at. I don't think they'll always exist, I am saying that if you set the precedent- it will be used against you. So you don't set the precedent, or better yet set a good one. I don't think it is a hard concept to treat people as you would want to be treated, in hopes that when someone else gains power over you they might extend the same courtesy.
And we all know, the left eats its own. As soon as they slip their laws get applied to them. Further, they are the ones in power- those laws never apply to those in power- it is only once they lose their power is that it becomes a problem for them. This is why they are warned, when someone else gains power they might be in the vengeful mood. And no one is arguing that there is a magic uno card, it is only that in the long scale power shifts and if you piss people off- they'll turn your own tools against you.
*an additional edit, I should also clarify that I mused it might be correct to oppress people on this basis- since they wouldn't play ball and it is 100% apparent that they would not pay back good treatment with good treatment.