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Nice jingoism, repetition of statements of faith (but not fact). This is clearly a waste of time. Nobody is arguing against freedom of speech, what every other
by jgeada 6y ago
Nice jingoism, repetition of statements of faith (but not fact). This is clearly a waste of time.
Nobody is arguing against freedom of speech, what every other country objects to is is unrestricted freedom of speech, meaning protection of lies, propaganda, slander, calumny, defamation and inciting of violence as being acceptable forms of free speech.
I can explain it to you, I can't make you understand this: no other country in the world, no other people in the world, accept that unrestricted free speech is a good thing.
Moreover, those countries believe it so strongly that there are laws against it. European countries are functioning democracies. Clearly your point that unrestricted free speech is essential to democracy is false.
I'm not going to bother responding any further.
- WClayFerguson 6y agoAmerica already has restrictions on speech including slander laws, defamation, and inciting violence. So yes there is nuance to this issue like all others. Nuance seems to be something the left is incapable of comprehending lately. If you try to make "lies" and "propaganda" also be illegal that' where the nuance begins and where your argument fails, for all the reasons I already gave, and will not bother repeating, except to say that reasonable people will disagree about what truth is and what is propaganda. So if you outlaw lies you must appoint some people to become the arbiters of truth, and you need to admit you have not answered how that can be done. All you've done is hurl insults and propaganda of your own, which according to you should've been censored.