Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua...
by Swenrekcah on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:06PM
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Well it actually is something that people have to be aware of.
There’s a reason for the “ah you see, the cops have to follow the rules taps forehead” trope.
It’s genuinely hard to maintain a truly tolerant liberal democracy in the face of determined adversaries that can skillfully use the system against itself.
Now, that is no reason to take sloppy shortcuts like saying this or that opinion should be banned, but it is absolutely worth keeping in mind.
There’s a reason for the “ah you see, the cops have to follow the rules taps forehead” trope.
It’s genuinely hard to maintain a truly tolerant liberal democracy in the face of determined adversaries that can skillfully use the system against itself.
Now, that is no reason to take sloppy shortcuts like saying this or that opinion should be banned, but it is absolutely worth keeping in mind.