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You live in that world right now. We have a central authority that says 'you're not allowed to call black people certain words'. I always ask this but do you b
by fzeroracer 8y ago
You live in that world right now. We have a central authority that says 'you're not allowed to call black people certain words'.
I always ask this but do you believe that was a mistake? Do you think people have that specific right to exercise their freedom of speech?
Obviously there are degrees of harm to speech. We've already collectively determined this as a society. And to me, anti-vaxxers are a great example. We arrest anti-vaxxers if their children suffer due to child abuse. Do you believe that to be a mistake, that they don't have the right to exercise their own beliefs?
- Karunamon 8y agoWhat central authority would that be? Because I'm pretty sure I can find speech along those line on the top five sites on the internet with little effort. I always ask this but do you believe that was a mistake? Do you think people have that specific right to exercise their freedom of speech? I think I'm unclear on what you're asking, but as an American who sees a great deal of value in that approach, and seeing the fruits of the opposite approach (my go-to example being the UK, where libel laws are significantly more open for abuse), then, yes, I do think people have that specific right - on the level of human rights, even. Do you believe that to be a mistake, that they don't have the right to exercise their own beliefs? That is a different question - speech and action are two different things.
- tomp 8y ago> you're not allowed to call black people certain words' It’s actually much worse, the restriction itself is highly racist; only blacks are allowed to use the “n-word”, while whites (and other races I presume) aren’t.