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Free speech is at it's core dangerous speech. It's speech in favor of trans rights when nobody supports it. It's speech calling attention to inequality nobody w
by vorpalhex 6y ago
Free speech is at it's core dangerous speech. It's speech in favor of trans rights when nobody supports it. It's speech calling attention to inequality nobody wants to hear. It's speech that's unfavorable to the government and our neighbors.
Safe speech isn't free speech. Free speech is the engine of change for things like trans rights, same sex marriage, equal protection under the law and even evolution being taught in schools.
If you do not hold free speech as a moral value, if you don't feel a moral duty to use speech that may be censored or unfavored, then you don't agree with using speech to fix social problems.
- oblio 6y agoDangerous because of what? Because of government action? That's regular free speech. Because of the actions of powerful persons? We have other actions covering their possible retribution. Why exactly is free speech something important in the private arena? I still don't think it's a moral value on its own.