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It isn't necessary or desirable to prohibit the ban-speech party from speaking. This is my primary objection to political philosophies that favor minmaxing stat
by psyc 9y ago
It isn't necessary or desirable to prohibit the ban-speech party from speaking. This is my primary objection to political philosophies that favor minmaxing statistics with policy, over principles. I object in the extreme to the idea that if A->B->C->D->E->F->G->Hitler, then society has a duty to prohibit A at the expense of liberal principles. Start with banning G, if you absolutely must. Speech doesn't directly cause victory. It only seems that way if you're very afraid of something.
- humanrebar 9y ago> Speech doesn't directly cause victory. It only seems that way if you're very afraid of something. People are afraid of democracy. They suspect that people on the whole are easy enough to manipulate that catastrophe is possible. They can't say that without seeming, well, undemocratic. So they try to ban dangerous speech instead.