Re:Former ACLU Head Ira Glasser explains why there’s no such...
by politelemon on Sunday January 17, 2021 @07:42PM
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> whether the solution is to “leave everything up and let everybody kind of just duke it out in the town square of ideas,”
Most solutions I see often assume that the humans involved are intelligent, open to discussion, and peaceful. This works in the town of theory.
What solution for the rest of the world, where hate speech incites violence, societal harm and instills fear?
I don't have solutions to either side of the problem, but I do know that they are often discussed in isolation, or at least there's a lot of pretending that they exist in isolation.
Most solutions I see often assume that the humans involved are intelligent, open to discussion, and peaceful. This works in the town of theory.
What solution for the rest of the world, where hate speech incites violence, societal harm and instills fear?
I don't have solutions to either side of the problem, but I do know that they are often discussed in isolation, or at least there's a lot of pretending that they exist in isolation.