Re:EARN IT Act Remains a Threat to Liberty, Security, & Safe...
by ben_w on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:53AM
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> We should have to, though, because of freedom of speech. Graphic pornographic content is a different animal legally
"Legally" isn't really the question, as that's about what is rather than what ought to be.
That said, nobody has to listen, that's definitely not part of freedom of speech. They have to be allowed to listen, which is related but different.
And for what ought to be… well, christian religious commandments have included calls to burn people at the stake if they follow a different faith, and such calls have been listened to and acted on. Heck, I'm in at least four distinct groups people have used religious justifications to demonise.
If you think it won't happen to you, I'd add that sacred cows can be literal, so what happens when Hindu fundamentalism reaches your doorstep and some people call for you to be lynched for eating beef (which is a thing that has happened)? And unlike sexuality, you have a degree of control over the food you consume.
"Legally" isn't really the question, as that's about what is rather than what ought to be.
That said, nobody has to listen, that's definitely not part of freedom of speech. They have to be allowed to listen, which is related but different.
And for what ought to be… well, christian religious commandments have included calls to burn people at the stake if they follow a different faith, and such calls have been listened to and acted on. Heck, I'm in at least four distinct groups people have used religious justifications to demonise.
If you think it won't happen to you, I'd add that sacred cows can be literal, so what happens when Hindu fundamentalism reaches your doorstep and some people call for you to be lynched for eating beef (which is a thing that has happened)? And unlike sexuality, you have a degree of control over the food you consume.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34409354