I think he she means true freedom, not democracy (democracy=freedom to an extent, freedom =/= democracy), as freedom fits into that statement a bit better and is more noticeably relevant.
Somewhat off-topic thoughtfodder: Can one really rely on a wiki article about an extremist group?
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No, I really was referring to democracy. A pure democracy is the rule, literally, of the people, where the people are themselves the governing body rather than having representatives for them (like the Senate). It's a greek idea that didn't work, which is why they ended up with oligarchies multiple times.
Pure democracy, like communism, can work great on a small scale, when an actual community is involved (hence, the name communism can be very appropriate). But once the group of people gets much larger than a small village or group of intentional community living folk, it becomes unworkable. And actually, in a small group like that, there are probably better ways to govern than pure democracy, because it's small enough that you can work on consensus-building and so forth.
Ok, technically you're right. Their expressed viewpoint is that all black people should be slaves, and they can die if they don't want to.
And they have every inalienable right to express that viewpoint if they want to.
On the other hand, they are more than prepared to incite and perform acts of violence to further their cause.
I think living in Britain, you may have a bit of an exaggerated notion of what the KKK is. They used to be a horrifying and dangerous terrorist group, now they're pretty much a social club for stupid rednecks. They're all talk. Once in a while some of them may do something criminal or threatening to minorities, but for the most part they're just sitting around and being obnoxious. And I think you're still missing the point I've been making, which is that opinions and actions are separate: even if someone's opinion leads them to certain illegal behaviors, you can't outlaw the opinion, only the behavior.
Over here in Britain the inciting violence laws are stronger. You certainly wouldn't be allowed shock jocks or groups along the line of the KKK.
As much as it seems nice not to have Ann Coulter and the KKK voicing their opinions, I'd much rather have that than have the government have the power to silence opinions just because they offend the majority. The first amendment is in my opinion the most important part of the US constitution, and unarguably defines a right that is absolutely fundamental to any free society.
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