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There is no such thing as conditional free speech.

• mirimir 9y ago
  Well, there are circumstances like yelling "fire" in a crowded place. But otherwise, I agree.
  • Asooka 9y ago
    Even in that case, I'd argue that you're penalised not for the speech itself, but because it was used in a premediated way that caused concrete physical harm to people. As in, you're free to carry a gun, but you're not free to fire at people without good reason. And even then you're free (as in unrestrained) to fire at whoever you like, but there are consequences. Contrast that with automatic censorship on the internet which is like having a gun that will not fire at certain people, period, and the bullets themselves would change trajectory to not hit anyone the algorithm deems "not worthy of being shot".
    • tremon 9y ago
      And how is tweeting e.g. that "$minority_group is the root of all evil and should be shot on sight" not a "premeditated way [of speech] that caused concrete physical harm to people"?