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> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Paradox: if I say: "I don't want freedom of speech for anybody but mysel
by lmarcos 6y ago
> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Paradox: if I say: "I don't want freedom of speech for anybody but myself". Why would anyone defend my point of view?
I don't think all ideas are defendable, but then I cannot make a list of what ideas deserve to be defended are what not: this always seemed to me like the notion of love (you don't know how to define it, besides the chemical reactions in our body, you don't know how it got into you, but you'll know when it happens to you).
- pedrocr 6y agoThat's not a paradox. People will not defend your point of view, they will defend your right to express it even though they think you're wrong.
- yaml-ops-guy 6y agoThis is a remarkably disingenuous distortion of what the phrase actually states: disapproving with a statement should not in good faith be equated with denying one the agency to express it--unless one is hiding cards up their sleeves about their motives.
- africanboy 6y agothey would defend your right to say it, not to put your idea into practice. if you ask me I would defend your right to express that opinion, but I would also expect that if you ever come close to having the power to make it real, you would be stopped.