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Re:Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within... by Dracophoenix on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:32PM (#33390442)
The difference is that speech, even unpopular, controversial, insulting, and dehumanizing speech, isn't violence. There is no legitimate claim to self-defense aside from direct threats to one's own life or property.
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Re:Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within... by kibwen on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:03AM (#33393679)
But we're not talking about speech, we're talking about tolerance. Speech is just the medium. And lack of tolerance is a threat to one's life and property: redlining housing developers in the US did not tolerate black people buying homes in white neighborhoods; Nazis do not tolerate Jews to live. Intolerance is not "just" speech, it is speech as a direct encitement to actions that are intended to have negative consequences for the targeted party.
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