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Or maybe a start to the democratic process to encourage lawmakers to discover nuance and legislate. Or maybe a good place for someone with knowledge to show wh
by tertius 8y ago
Or maybe a start to the democratic process to encourage lawmakers to discover nuance and legislate.
Or maybe a good place for someone with knowledge to show why it's a bad idea and what the arguments are that have been struggled with.
One person getting irked because another happily destroys reputation without any consequence is natural. Reputation is too important.
A single person wanting to see consequence does not create a mob that firebombs their offices.
- maemilius 8y agoI feel like there's an argument to be made that every firebombing mob started with a single person wishing some consequence. An idea has to start somewhere.
- tertius 8y agoWell yes. But that doesn't mean we should outlaw speech... Because speech leads to good things a lot more often than firebombing mobs. Those people we can put in jail. Only those. The rest are helpful or neutral, even if you don't agree with them. Democracy (in any form) grows stronger with dissent/speech.