Okay not from US, cool.
Anyway, absolutely your right to call him an asshole. On that point I heartily agree but I think you missed my point about unpopular speech. If only popular speech were allowed everybody would lose freedom. That is how totalitarian governments operate and/or begin. And it doesn't begin with larger issues. It is called the slippery slope. Once you start not allowing smaller issues of free speech the people lose a little more freedom. Even "common sense" measures of suppressing speech is a terrible idea because once you start restricting speech for the good of the people it's hard to stop and before you know it more and more speech is restricted. That is why all forms of speech should be protected. The good, bad and ugly.
Safe spaces, etc are in essence restricting speech and can lead to more restrictions of speech and thought.
Well, I don;'t know that I did. I understood your point and sincerely agree with it.
You can say that Trump is good for example I won't hit you.
But calling someone an asshole, faggot, nigger are this OK now so we don't stump the feeble freedome of speech? I don't think so.
Those words are on their way out. Is this an example of totalitarianism?
I think not, it's an example of a society regulating itself.
That's my point I guess.
And that's the problem. You call freedom of speech, feeble. It is one of the precious thing a most things people can have. Should people say the above words, no. But they should have every right to. Whats next, dick, queer and black? And while we are at it you are no longer to express views that you local government find distasteful and if not you will be taken to your local re-education centers, gulags and concentration camps circa the Soviets, Nazis and North Koreans.