Re:Frustrated with Parler deplatforming, I am building a ser...
by danaris on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:53AM
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There are natural consequences of speech, and there are legal consequences of speech.
Natural consequences are things like if I say "I hate people who wear hats," and I get an internet mob coming after me to defend hats.
Legal consequences would be if I happen to wander into a jurisdiction that has outlawed badmouthing hat-wearers, and I get arrested.
Legal consequences of speech are restrictions on free speech, because they are something humans specifically and deliberately chose and could un-choose. Natural consequences are just that: natural.
Natural consequences are things like if I say "I hate people who wear hats," and I get an internet mob coming after me to defend hats.
Legal consequences would be if I happen to wander into a jurisdiction that has outlawed badmouthing hat-wearers, and I get arrested.
Legal consequences of speech are restrictions on free speech, because they are something humans specifically and deliberately chose and could un-choose. Natural consequences are just that: natural.