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Re:Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke by function_seven on Friday August 19, 2016 @12:53PM (#12321453)
> Yes, now the government can't hurt you, but your opponents can use their “free speech” to silence you.

I'm interested in some examples of this. At first blush this statement reads to me as a "marketplace of ideas", which is a feature in my opinion. But I could be interpreting your statement wrong.

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Re:Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday August 19, 2016 @12:55PM (#12321459)
They can publish your location and tell vigilantes to go to your house and beat you up.

That's speech.

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