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[thestripedone]

Voltaire, you big hypocrite! How can you say "While I may not agree with what you say, I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." when you were clearly anti-censorship! Until you're ready to defend to the death people's right to say that people shouldn't be able to say whatever they want, you're a hypocrite! And even then, since you're

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[mayinwinter]

He defends people's right to SAY that people shouldn't have the right to say whatever they want; he just thinks they're big jerks.

Which makes him a hypocrite because he is just about the most anti-semitic bastard ever to grace god's green earth, which puts him firmly in the "jerk" category in my book.

Then again, I'm watching "The Price is Right" right now, so if I try to make any claims to intellectuality right now, then Voltaire doesn't even enter into "hypocrisy".