Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua...
by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:09PM
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> Some speech suppresses the speech of others.
No, it doesn't.
> it's also about maximizing the number of voices at the table
No, it's about making sure people can spew a continuous stream of whatever hateful crap they feel like day in and day out every day for their whole life. One of the big reasons I'm a fan of things like universal income/healthcare is because currently employment is too critical to surviving which forces people to censor their speech. Hopefully the social safety net can improve to the point where someone can be almost comically offensive every day without fear of starving.
> If you make declarative statements that villainize minority groups, you make others fear for their safety and it silences voices
No, it doesn't.
> it's also about maximizing the number of voices at the table
No, it's about making sure people can spew a continuous stream of whatever hateful crap they feel like day in and day out every day for their whole life. One of the big reasons I'm a fan of things like universal income/healthcare is because currently employment is too critical to surviving which forces people to censor their speech. Hopefully the social safety net can improve to the point where someone can be almost comically offensive every day without fear of starving.
> If you make declarative statements that villainize minority groups, you make others fear for their safety and it silences voices
That's an acceptable tradeoff for a free society.