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>Freedom of speech doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want, with no threat of consequences. No, it means the government cannot prevent you from saying wha
by StanislavPetrov 8y ago
>Freedom of speech doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want, with no threat of consequences.
No, it means the government cannot prevent you from saying whatever you want. Its frightening how widespread opposition to free speech has become (especially among the younger generation who has been conditioned to accept authoritarianism).
- odessacubbage 8y agowe deprive children of their liberties for 12+ years and put them in a box where they are taught explicitly and implicitly that all that matters is appealing to authority, so why is it any surprise to see them so drawn towards authoritarianism? for that matter, why would they care about freedom of speech at all when they never get to use it? it might as well be as foreign to them as the polar bear.
- StanislavPetrov 8y agoIts no surprise at all - I agree completely. Its extremely ominous all the same.