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I hear people say free speech is "a threat to our democracy" often these days. I've never understood, can you clarify what you mean? Is it an actual threat to
by donatj 6y ago
I hear people say free speech is "a threat to our democracy" often these days. I've never understood, can you clarify what you mean?
Is it an actual threat to your right to vote? Or is it just a threat to people voting the way you like? In which case isn't the answer just to put out equally salacious information in the opposite direction? That seems like the democratic option to me.
- baq 6y agoi suggest asking yourself a theoretical question: is a vote to end democracy democratic? then look up cases in history when such a vote took place. free speech here is used as a tool to convince people to vote against democracy (and/or free speech itself).
- donatj 6y agoDo you have any examples of anyone encouraging we give up democracy?