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One person wants to speak, 80 million people don’t want to hear him, 70 million do, so who’s rights are abridged?
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
One person wants to speak, 80 million people don’t want to hear him, 70 million do, so who’s rights are abridged?
- yeuxardents 6y agoI forget where I read it, many years ago, and I will probably butcher it but the gist of the idea was: Freedom of Speech includes the Freedom of those whom the speech would be directed at to HEAR the speech. The abridgment of freedom of speech denies not only the speaker the right to speak but others the* right to hear what they may or may not disagree with.
- KozmoNau7 6y agoThe right to hear it, not an obligation to listen.
- yeuxardents 6y agoIs that what I said? Is that not what the unsubscribe or block button is for?
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoYou were obligated to listen to Trump because he had a YouTube channel?