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Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by ben_w on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:52AM (#21605076)
For freedom of speech to be important for any reason, it must have the power to effect change.

If speech can effect change, how can you be sure it is incapable of being dangerous?

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Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by homonculus1 on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:52AM (#21606021)
Reflexively, the only way to neuter the danger of speech is to suppress everything that isn't already accepted. Then nobody can effect change on the grounds that change might be harmful.
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Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by ReptileMan on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:55AM (#21605095)
You accept the danger or stifle it with more speech.
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