Re:Let's talk content. AMA
by lmm on Friday July 17, 2015 @03:52AM
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Some people find it uncomfortable and scary whenever anyone disagrees with them. Or will claim to. And if free speech doesn't include the right to say things that other people disagree with then it's meaningless.
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Re:Let's talk content. AMA
by interpol_p on Friday July 17, 2015 @06:44AM
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My claim is that there is a line between free speech and harassment that some will attempt to blur by claiming that prohibition of the latter precludes the former.
To clarify, are you are suggesting that some people are harassed more easily than others, or lie about being harassed? I don't believe that happens very often.
> And if free speech doesn't include the right to say things that other people disagree with then it's meaningless.
It's not about disagreement. I find it very hard to believe that people are making false claims of harassment because they simply disagree with others.
> To clarify, are you are suggesting that some people are harassed more easily than others, or lie about being harassed? I don't believe that happens very often.
I'm not an expert on psychology and wouldn't want to speculate on other people's internal mental states. But certainly I have seen people claim that they feel harassed in situations that are, to my mind, a million miles away from harassment; that seem to me like nothing more than simple disagreement.