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Re:Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server by progval on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:38AM (#25068139)
There is a middle ground between "sending people to camps for a wrong joke" and "no one should be held accountable for any of their actions if they claim they are jokes"
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Re:Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server by encom on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:56AM (#25068239)
A joke is not an action. It can never bring harm to another person.
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Re:Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server by glenstein on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:15AM (#25068344)
Here's an NIH paper going over the harms this brings to other people:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659767/

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Re:Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server by claudiawerner on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:05AM (#25069396)
There is no yet identified metaphysical difference between speech and other actions, and freedom of expression laws frequently also protect non-speech actions such as burning flags.
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Re:Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#25071550)
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will really hurt me"
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