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"lies shouldn't be allowed" Uh huh, and who decides what is a lie? There is a term called "slippery slope" and free speech may have been its founding issue.
by artificialLimbs 6y ago
"lies shouldn't be allowed"
Uh huh, and who decides what is a lie?
There is a term called "slippery slope" and free speech may have been its founding issue.
- baq 6y agoBut who’s paying for verifying free speech full of lies? Right now the price for no verification is viewable on all news channels.
- xienze 6y ago> Uh huh, and who decides what is a lie? Well obviously that would be unelected “fact checkers” who aren’t held accountable for anything and suspiciously seem to find nearly everything said by people in one particular political party to be “pants on fire” lies.
- dane-pgp 6y ago> unelected “fact checkers” You're right to point out the dangers of entrusting an unaccountable group with the responsibility of determining what is and isn't true, but I'm not sure that electing the fact checkers would improve their accuracy. Also, if you think it is suspicious that people in one political party make statements that are deemed lies, your problem might not be with the checkers.
- xienze 6y ago> Also, if you think it is suspicious that people in one political party make statements that are deemed lies, your problem might not be with the checkers. Come on, I could easily remove context and/or provide a misleading "authoritative" interpretation to basically anything a Democrat says in order to brand it a lie. How new are you to this game?
- maxerickson 6y agoCourts. Even USA has laws against libel and slander, it's not like the status quo is that you can just say whatever you want with no fear of consequences.