Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by cmh89 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:22AM (#34815710)

>Never claimed to be an absolutist.

You're whole premise is that the government shouldn't regulate speech, as it "leads to dictatorship"

>In other posts I specifically say: "My beliefs regarding freedom of speech is that is should be just shy of absolute. Only limit should be believable threats of violence."

That's fine if that's what you believe. 'Believable threats of violence' is a completely ambiguous and meaningless term in regards to actual regulation and laws.

>e. People should stop letting anonymous figures on the internet rile them up and affect them and just get on with their lives.

The focus is on people who have their loved ones massacred because of people who were riled up online.

>If JewHater99@twitter thinks jews control the media, who cares?

Well, the family members of the people JewHater99 ends up massacring might.

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by wonderwonder on Thursday February 16, 2023 @07:25AM (#34817799)

hmmm, your entire argument appears to be overly focused and convinced on the supposed fact that everyone that holds negative views of a race or people becomes a mass murderer. That's very much not the case. If if was, there wouldn't be very many people left at all. 99.999999% of the time JewHater99 is just going to go about living a normal life and continue posting anonymously on the web.

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by cmh89 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @11:08AM (#34820498)

>hmmm, your entire argument appears to be overly focused and convinced on the supposed fact that everyone that holds negative views of a race or people becomes a mass murderer. That's very much not the case

That's not what I've said and you know it. It really seems like you don't actually understand the position you think youre arguing against.

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by wonderwonder on Thursday February 16, 2023 @11:39AM (#34821031)

Pretty sure it was.

"What actually happens is neo-nazi groups radicalize angry young men who then go out a gun down a whole bunch of people at a synagogue."

"The end result of these hate ideologies is mass shootings and terrorism"

"Well, the family members of the people JewHater99 ends up massacring might"

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