Do you think there should be laws banning people from insulting a politician?

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Do you think there should be laws banning people from insulting a politician?



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Many of the citizens of Indonesia are in an uproar due to proposed new laws that would outlaw extramarital sex and insulting the president, as well as a stricter blasphemy laws. These proposed laws were the straw that broke the camel's back for many.

Do you think there should be laws banning people from insulting a politician?

This is not asking if you think that insulting people is moral, this is just asking if you think that there should be legal codes against it.

Here is a run down on the protest by the BBC.


  • Yes, I think there should be laws banning people from insulting a politician.

  • No, I do NOT think there should be laws banning people from insulting a politician.

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Politicians are fair game to me. They are not beyond criticism or being made fun of.

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all politicians deserve to be insulted

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As long as the insults do not include threats of violence, then HELL NO!

Politicians are representatives of the people. They are not our CEO's or Fathers. The minute we place them above ourselves on some social hierarchy of sorts, we are essentially putting a price tag on our liberty.

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