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A nation gives its government the mission to drive it trough hard times toward the future. One part on this mission can include some limitation on public speech
by gbog 10y ago
A nation gives its government the mission to drive it trough hard times toward the future. One part on this mission can include some limitation on public speech, why not?
I personally think it is dangerous and often useless, but some other people may have different priorities. Then the problem is the legitimacy of the government. This is obvious in China for the cpc but I would not say they are completely illegitimate. And our western governments are not always legit either.
- okc 10y agoWhy not? So you really want me to explain why people should have free speech, at this level of debate, it is unbelievable you could ask - why not? Let me give you the big why not: because your opinion right now is free speech on a forum of free speech. Please don't back pedal and say your just talking about dangerous hate inducing free speech. Because we both know that isn't the case. The context is a government which has always tortured dissenters. A government which drove tanks over peaceful protesters. A government based on the notion of rebellion not reform, which is doing everything humanly possible to stop rebellion ever happening again. That's the communist paradox. That's the ultimate source of propaganda.