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"Free speech" is an abstract liberal legal concept, it is not tied to any particular law. Even under countries which do implement "free speech" as a constitutio
by claudiawerner 7y ago
"Free speech" is an abstract liberal legal concept, it is not tied to any particular law. Even under countries which do implement "free speech" as a constitutional right, their legal systems have declared that some restrictions can be implemented: threats and child porn are two big ones. 1A enshrines a particular conception of freedom of speech, but it is not equal to freedom of speech in abstract (unless you want to claim that freedom of speech was only invented and only truly implemented in the U.S.)
- unishark 7y agoMy question was not rhetorical. If someone doesn't mean constitutional law, _then what do they mean_? You seem to be simply arguing there is no universal concept of freedom. Is that the answer then? Because we have a precedent for redefining words in various ways already, we can choose to add whatever else we desire to the list? I rather assumed it had something to do with redefining "hate speech" (e.g. as violence or something) not redefining freedom.