Re:Meta in Myanmar
by ellyagg on Saturday September 30, 2023 @10:05AM
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Speech policing isn't some magical panacea warding off conflict and violence. I can easily cite you historical exterminations at the hands of speech enforcers.
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I'm not claiming it is a panacea. I'm saying the absence isn't one either.
The benefits and dangers of free speech are two sides of the same coin: the capacity to convince others to act in accordance with your beliefs.
"Well adjusted adults" as a phrase can only point to those who are within the Overton Window of their society, regardless of whether that society calls for things I condemn, or not.
This means that well-adjusted adults can, will, and have, formed lynch mobs upon hearing rumours that someone has eaten beef.