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Re:Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal... by jbirer on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:41PM (#26787286)
Most people dismiss me when I say that people in general hate freedom. Freedom means that your opposition can say things you don't like and also it means you have more responsibility.
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Re:Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal... by bombcar on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:39PM (#26787583)
People want the freedom to do exactly what they like doing and the freedom to stop people from doing what they don’t like doing.
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Re:Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal... by andrew_v4 on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:43PM (#26787603)
Exactly. A commonly misunderstood aspect of freedom is that things you don't like or agree with may happen. This seems to be invoked (generally validly) when people argue against populism, but generally overlooked for most kinds of freedom.
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Re:Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal... by Leparamour on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:20AM (#26789546)
Your freedom ends where my feelings begin.
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Re:Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal... by throwaway0a5e on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:43PM (#26787292)
People hate the responsibility that comes with the freedom.

Also, I would caution that desire for "freedom + responsibility for dealing with the the mess" vs being "told what to do and not having to deal with people who step out of line" is not distributed uniformly about the population.

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