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I'll agree that censoring speech is probably one of the sharpest double edge swords to play with. My counter to "who decides what hate speech is" - we need to
by irjustin 6y ago
I'll agree that censoring speech is probably one of the sharpest double edge swords to play with.
My counter to "who decides what hate speech is" - we need to actively figure it out. We can't sit back and say "it's too hard to decide" so we should tolerate all speech either by decision or inaction.
Not actively engaging is as dangerous as letting a specific group decide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- nullifidian 6y ago>we need to actively figure it out. No we don't.
- jwalton 6y agoThis is a bit like saying “who should we trust to be king sounds hard to figure out, but that doesn’t mean we should settle for democracy.” > Not actively engaging is as dangerous as letting a specific group decide. Having the government decide what people are and are not allowed to say sounds a lot more dangerous to me. That’s how you end up with an official state religion and all other beliefs are outlawed, or you you end up with not being allowed to talk about being gay in public without fear of being stoned to death.