# The left hates free speech

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 12, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720 "2013-11-12T13:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720/133 "2013-11-14T03:40:34Z")

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> [@Subterraneanus](#):
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> This lefty hates dumb speech, and this thread is pretty fucking dumb.

The **OP** is pretty fucking dumb. Subsequent posts show some intelligence, or at least some serious attempts to exercise it.

There’s a lesson here somewhere.

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