Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by licebmi__at__ on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:38AM
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I believe this is exactly the equivocation that GP was talking about.
Your rewrite is nice to hear, but paradoxical.
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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by sokoloff on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:18AM
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I don’t see the paradox. I don’t have to give you a megaphone, but if you have one, I’m not allowed to take it from you.
What’s the paradox there?
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by atchoo on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:52PM
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It's a curious analogy because in many contexts, use of a megaphone is quite abusive warranting confiscation.
If I attend a political rally and the speaker uses a megaphone, that's fine, I have consented to it's use.
However other places I have witnessed their use has questionable legality due to breach of the peace because the audience has not consented e.g. getting heckled when entering a University site or getting assailed by someone promoting their batshit Christian cult when trying to do some shopping. I don't think anyone would assume a universal right to make unwanted amplified noise.