Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of speech (2020)

Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe... by ls15 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @04:00PM (#32794134)

So the French should have refrained from storming the Bastille in 1789 and later executing the king, and instead should have brought the issues with liberty, equality and fraternity to Louis XVI's and the clergy's attention in a non-aggressive tone?

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Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe... by Lio on Sunday September 11, 2022 @04:52AM (#32797974)

Where do you stand on French farmers blocking ports by burning truck loads of sheep and cattle alive to stop rival imports?

It’s pretty cruel and brutal to me but it gets them what they want I guess.

The real question is, in a modern society, where freedom of speech exists, how disruptive should protests be allowed to be?

I don’t know the answer myself but I think some limits may be required.

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Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe... by ls15 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @07:19AM (#32798683)

> Where do you stand on French farmers blocking ports by burning truck loads of sheep and cattle alive to stop rival imports?

Sure, that's cruel. Unlike Louis XVI, the sheep and cows were not the ones who were accountable for a deeply unfair status quo.

> The real question is, in a modern society, where freedom of speech exists, how disruptive should protests be allowed to be?

Freedom of speech alone does not guarantee fairness.

> I don’t know the answer myself but I think some limits may be required.

What are the guarantees that legislative or executive power over such limits does not get abused for profit or ideology?

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