Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship
by stale2002 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:48PM
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> In response to speech that makes you uncomfortable
It is not in response to speech that makes people feel uncomfortable.
Instead it is in response to people attempting to dox you, target your friends and family and children, as well as possibly people's workplaces, and in the most extreme cases, make threats or attempts on one's life.
> The arena of public discourse is still open to all comers.
If your family gets threatened, and your children get stalked, due to things that you say, then in those cases I would not describe the area of public discourse being open.
All the things that I have described, are a threat to free speech, even if it isn't literally the government stalking down children, due to dislike of things that people are saying.
It is not in response to speech that makes people feel uncomfortable.
Instead it is in response to people attempting to dox you, target your friends and family and children, as well as possibly people's workplaces, and in the most extreme cases, make threats or attempts on one's life.
> The arena of public discourse is still open to all comers.
If your family gets threatened, and your children get stalked, due to things that you say, then in those cases I would not describe the area of public discourse being open.
All the things that I have described, are a threat to free speech, even if it isn't literally the government stalking down children, due to dislike of things that people are saying.