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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by suction on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:30AM (#31026001)
But the thing is, defamation would be legal under absolute free speech. Nobody could sue for it.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by qsi on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:46AM (#31026206)
Perhaps "free speech absolutism" isn't quite the right framing here, but more "First Amendment absolutism," with all the known bounds and checks (defamation, libel, incitement to violence). It does give a US-centric bias, but may better convey the meaning and intent.

"Go lynch this man" is speech, but is not protected under the First Amendment. And the First Amendment gives much broader protection than most countries' legal systems do.

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by ekianjo on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:54AM (#31026296)
The first amendment does not protect anyone who says fire in a theater. Dont make the argument more absurd that it needs to be.