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> You're either for free speech or you're not, and > it's all culturally defined. contradict each other completely, right? Everyone is for free speech, it j
by SCdF 8y ago
> You're either for free speech or you're not,
and
> it's all culturally defined.
contradict each other completely, right?
Everyone is for free speech, it just everyone has a different idea of what that means (as you say)
- kbenson 8y agoDepending on how you interpret those terms (that is, if you choose a very specific definition of each), possibly. What I means is that free speech is meant to protect everyone from other people's differing opinions on what is and isn't acceptable in a cultural sense. If you're "for free speech as long as it's accepted within my culture" then you're not for free speech. I did clarify a bit in my original comment what I was going for though.
- SCdF 8y agoHave you heard about the paradox of tolerance? I think it's important in this kind of discussion.