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I'd like to say you're wrong... but anti free speech legislation is growing like mad in Europe. :/ (Of course it's always under the guise of "harmony". F*ck, w

• dmix 7y ago
  It's something that's far easier to take away than it is to stand for and defend. That's why it being enshrined in constitutions and a strong legal culture of defending it is so important. Short-term thinking and people missing the forest for the trees after some emotional event is far too common for it to be trusted in the hands of the average politician.
• baq 7y ago
  this is because free speech on the internet is a powerful tool and it is abused by non-european nation states to influence european voters. smart dictators understand this and firewalled themselves off ages ago, resulting in asymmetry of freedom of speech == capability to influence masses.