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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by seattle_spring on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:14AM (#29975400)
Many Americans, myself included, would deeply disagree that "freedom of Speech" translates to "can say whatever you want wherever you want." Otherwise we'd all opt for 8-chan style message boards where anyone can say whatever they want. It's not at all unreasonable to want a particular event to remain on-topic to the event, and not allow literally everyone to use it as their own personal soapbox for their cause of the week.
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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by sharken on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:05AM (#29975693)
Not an American here, in principle i agree.

But in reality you can't hide the fact, that limiting freedom of speech is very much in the interest of those who want full control on what we can say.

A good example is the Muhammad cartoons, which reminds us that there is a very long way to go before religions can exist peacefully.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_car...

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by virtue3 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:34AM (#29975865)
I mean, that's exactly the point.

So when we see it being limited it freaks us out.

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by Levitz on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:05AM (#29977513)
Sure, I think that's fair, yet a restriction on freedom of speech, which doesn't have to be inherently bad.

Going with the same kind of example: society agrees that murder, thievery and lying are bad things, yet find it justifiable to kill in self-defense, to steal in order to eat, and to lie in certain situations.

I'll also say that it's very different to limit a certain type of speech than to limit speech you disagree with.

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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by seneca on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:20AM (#29975439)
Sure, I don't disagree with any of that. I was just taking exception with the claim that the First Amendment and Freedom of Speech are the same thing. I'm also generally on board with Freedom of Association though. I wouldn't, for instance, put up with someone screaming obscenities in my front yard simply because stopping them would violate their Freedom of Speech.
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