Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl...
by wvenable on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:00PM
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> I thought I believed in free speech
You do. But the idea of free speech has been twisted and warped to mean speech without social or economic consequences and that is where it goes wrong.
I doubt you believe that speech should be more criminalized than it already is. I think most of us agree that having an opinion, no matter how outrageous or evil, should not be a crime. We agree on exceptions to this for outright threats of violence.
The expectation that speech should be free-as-in-beer. That you are entitled to a platform. That you should be free of all consequence. This the problem.
Providing privacy and communications produces not subject to control of a central authority isn't a bad thing! But we also shouldn't just be mindless cogs in the free speech money machine.
You do. But the idea of free speech has been twisted and warped to mean speech without social or economic consequences and that is where it goes wrong.
I doubt you believe that speech should be more criminalized than it already is. I think most of us agree that having an opinion, no matter how outrageous or evil, should not be a crime. We agree on exceptions to this for outright threats of violence.
The expectation that speech should be free-as-in-beer. That you are entitled to a platform. That you should be free of all consequence. This the problem.
Providing privacy and communications produces not subject to control of a central authority isn't a bad thing! But we also shouldn't just be mindless cogs in the free speech money machine.