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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by vharuck on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:01PM (#23576398)
>Free speech is speech which is (at least largely) free of consequence.

Only useless speech comes with no consequences. It's pretty much a tautology. I don't see how your definition of "free speech" is useful. In what world would it ever exist?

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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by lliamander on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:50PM (#23577011)
Perhaps I wasn't clear. Unless you can voice an opinion with which others disagree without legal or serious social consequences, you do not have free speech.
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