You are reading http://livinginthehood.blogspot.comSo, I know the hazards of bullying.
At the same time, I recognize the importance of freedom of speech. I recognize that it is important to condemn people who do wrong, and that moral condemnation is not the same as bullying.
The law needs to recognize that as well.
Furthermore, please consider, which type of claim do you think is more likely to be branded as "bullying" and prohibited without such an exception? The claims of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens against those who believe in God? Or the claims of those who hold that atheists are un-American and you cannot have morals without belief in God?
Ultimately, if no exception is allowed for statements about sincerely held religious beliefs, it is probably the "militant atheist" who will be silenced as bullies before anybody else.
Sometimes, it is useful to defend freedom of speech, because, without it, one's own freedom to speak that would be the first to disappear.
