Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by brigandish on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:50AM
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It's an irony that the kind of free speech you appear to support (and please correct me if I'm wrong) existed in fascist states like Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, because, as Chomsky points out here[1] "Goebbels was in favour of freedom of speech for views he liked".
I'd suggest you might try the other path, as Chomsky also suggests:
> “If you're in favour of freedom of speech that means you're in favour of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise you're not in favour of freedom of speech.
> There's two positions you can have on freedom of speech, and you can decide which position you want.”
I'd suggest you might try the other path, as Chomsky also suggests:
> “If you're in favour of freedom of speech that means you're in favour of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise you're not in favour of freedom of speech.
> There's two positions you can have on freedom of speech, and you can decide which position you want.”
[1] https://youtu.be/4-oV42OMQoE?t=408