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For some definition of freedom of speech, this is and has always been true. You've never had the right to be heard, only the right to speak.
by obstinate 10y ago
For some definition of freedom of speech, this is and has always been true. You've never had the right to be heard, only the right to speak.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoWould you have said the same thing to Martin Luther King in the 60s? Or to the abolitionists during the 19th century?
- r00fus 10y agoWhere were you when the media was interrupting coverage of Bernie's 20k+ rallies and switching to Trump's random word salad? It's a standard right-wing persecution complex combined with projection.
- obstinate 10y agoYes, of course! Even MLK in all his excellence did not have the right to have his speeches printed verbatim in every newspaper in the country for free. That's not what free speech is.