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"harm or cause damage" has been redefined such that what this now means is "free speech as long as it's positive". These days, making someone feel bad is consid
by ploxiln 11y ago
"harm or cause damage" has been redefined such that what this now means is "free speech as long as it's positive". These days, making someone feel bad is considered harm. Obvious hyperbole such as you would use with your friends is considered a serious threat. With these kinds of qualifications/limitations of free speech, what's left is something else.
- bduerst 11y agoJohn Stuart Mill even acknowledged this by disseminating between harm and offense, the former of which trumps free speech and the latter of which doesn't. Burning flags and racist remarks are discomforting, yes, but sending an individual death threats and stalking them is harmful. Reddit admins asserted that the latter behavior was happening.
- Frondo 11y agoBurning flags go beyond discomforting. They don't exist in a vacuum, the context is "we can lynch you and we won't be punished".