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Re:World Leaders on Twitter by AcerbicZero on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:20PM (#16082261)
It does seem to have become a bit of a meme, someone says free speech and a line of replies show up with variations of "That only applies to blah blah".

It would be nice if instead there was a discussion about the intrinsic value of free speech in society, and how the open marketplace of ideas has a pretty impressive track record.

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Re:World Leaders on Twitter by ac2u on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:36PM (#16082380)
I agree, and you can even disagree in that discussion.

But to not have the discussion in the first place because of this meme of free speech solely being a citizen/government issue and not a concept in itself is a damn shame.

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