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It will sound harsh but I have observed there is a political alignment that doesn't feel comfortable with people being exposed to information and allowed to mak
by mdifrgechd 6y ago
It will sound harsh but I have observed there is a political alignment that doesn't feel comfortable with people being exposed to information and allowed to make their own decisions, and believe that a learned class has to shield the common people from bad ideas they could unwittingly adopt. Curbing this kind of speech is just an extension of this, and as you point out, ends if having the opposite effect than that being held up as a reason to curb the speech.
- fragsworth 6y agoYou have to shut down intolerance, because if you don't, it threatens to take over your free society. Ideas spread, and shutting them down prevents them from spreading. "Bad ideas" are real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance