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While I'm on the side of allowing hate speech this is clearly a discussion of degrees not an absolute choice. Besides the obvious "fire in a crowded theatre" t
by arjie 10y ago
While I'm on the side of allowing hate speech this is clearly a discussion of degrees not an absolute choice.
Besides the obvious "fire in a crowded theatre" there a raft of things you may not say:
• you are not permitted to reveal to people material classified in certain ways
• you are not permitted to broadcast copyrighted material
• you may not make death threats against people even if you can prove that you are not a threat to them
• you may not reveal information about certain companies if you are in certain positions
These are speech of 'any' sort and I'm comfortable with the penalties (sometimes criminal) for them. I don't think they're dangerously close to criminalising certain ideas and thoughts. In almost every case you're free to think what you want and imagine what you want.
Any opposition to laws that attempt to abridge hate speech cannot derive from a general opposition to abridging freedom of speech unless one also objects to the restrictions I mentioned earlier.
- armenarmen 10y agoNot sure of the actual legal structure but in terms of "not broadcasting copy written material" it seems that property rights preeminate free speech. This was the justification for banning so-called trolls from twitter.
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- ctdonath 10y agoIt's the consequences of those that you're liable for. You have rights; you are responsible for the consequences of exercising them.
- jtuente 10y agoThe caveat to your argument is that the government cannot be responsible for the consequences by a very liberal reading for free speech.
- jtuente 10y ago> fire in a crowded theater - threat against life > classified material - potential threat against life > copyrighted material - protected by the constitution elsewhere > death threats - direct threat against life (ability is irrelevant) > corporate espionage - generally falls under contract law Any and all of these may be abused regularly, that doesn't mean that any of them are protected under free speech.