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I'm not talking about anything US related, I'm talking about the concept of negative/positive freedom in philosophy. And no, there isn't anything intrinsically

I'm not talking about anything US related, I'm talking about the concept of negative/positive freedom in philosophy. And no, there isn't anything intrinsically wrong with this concept, freedom of speech if essentially a negative freedom if your constitution has some exceptions that doesn't change that...

lgleason 6y ago
The reason is that postmodernist philosophy has lead to a lot of mental gymnastics that have either been proven wrong.... for example the fallacy of the slipper slope, which has indeed happened and continues to happen and has been proven to not be a fallacy and the paradox of tolerance which has been used to rationalize censorship among other things. Thus many people are understandably skeptical of arguments that use it as it's basis.