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There is a middle ground between "sending people to camps for a wrong joke" and "no one should be held accountable for any of their actions if they claim they a

There is a middle ground between "sending people to camps for a wrong joke" and "no one should be held accountable for any of their actions if they claim they are jokes"

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encom 6y ago
A joke is not an action. It can never bring harm to another person.
- glenstein 6y ago
  Here's an NIH paper going over the harms this brings to other people: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659767/
- claudiawerner 6y ago
  There is no yet identified metaphysical difference between speech and other actions, and freedom of expression laws frequently also protect non-speech actions such as burning flags.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
  "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will really hurt me"