Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer...
by tptacek on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:27PM
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Ely wouldn't either. The point is that 1A protects the political process, not a natural right we have to express ourselves; thus the distinction between government and social suppression of speech.
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Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer...
by dionidium on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @09:11PM
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That's not the operative distinction most of us are working with, nor do I think there's much demand for an alternative theory of the case. The conventional distinction, which is more or less a distinction between positive and negative rights, is working quite nicely, sufficiently explains the motivation for the rule, and isn't in search of improvement.
Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer...
by tptacek on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:40AM
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I think you just wrote "my preferred argument disagrees with yours, and there's no reason for us to consider any other".
Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer...
by dionidium on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:21PM
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I think you more or less wrote, "I don't really like the idea of Free Speech, but I've been told my whole life that it's important, so I'm looking for a way to resolve this dissonance."
The reason I'm not in search of better arguments is that I don't have any dissonance to resolve. (I realize that sounds snarky but I don't actually mean it to be flippant. That's genuinely what it looks like to me. No snark intended!)