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The right has certainly not defended free speech. The same people who complain about the free speech to have the right to be paid tens of thousands of dollars t
by addicted 8y ago
The right has certainly not defended free speech. The same people who complain about the free speech to have the right to be paid tens of thousands of dollars to criticize weaker groups complain when football players decide to kneel during a national anthem. So free speech has little to do with it. But yes, the right has deployed free speech as an effective political weapon, while the left is all over the map.
- yardie 8y agoIn the left's defense you have to be all over the map to defend a position. And with the right attacking on multiple fronts it makes consensus on how to respond even harder. Take global warming and climate change. You only need one person to cast doubt to cause thousands of scientists to go into whirlwind of having to defend their data.
- whokal 8y agoI am sorry I don’t quite understand the point you’re trying to make here. Who is the right that you are talking about? Complaining is part of free speech as long as it doesn’t infringe on others right to complain back as well. If they complain because they disagree, that’s a very different thing than not defending or being hypocritical about free speech. FWIW from my experience, the people I talk to respect players’ right to kneel even if they don’t agree with that action. That is the key to free speech I think —- to disagree peacefully but respect people’s right to express themselves.